Table 1.

Comparison of general characteristics.

	Treatment group	Control group	t/x2	p value
Gender
Male	18	16	0.205	0.651
Female	22	24
Marital status
Married	25	21	1.035	0.793
Single	12	14
Divorced	2	3
Widowed	1	2
Mean age	50.80 ± 10.99	48.90 ± 11.84	0.744	0.459
Education	10.73 ± 2.89	10.95 ± 2.855	−0.350	0.727
Course of disease	26.38 ± 10.272	25.65 ± 8.123	0.350	0.727