Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study sample (n = 100)
| Factor | Number |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 49 |
| Female | 51 |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 2 |
| Married | 71 |
| Divorced | 3 |
| Widow | 24 |
| Job Status | |
| Employed | 30 |
| Unemployed | 21 |
| Housewife | 49 |
| Level of Education | |
| Illiterate | 44 |
| Elementary school | 28 |
| Middle school | 5 |
| High school | 4 |
| Diploma | 10 |
| Academic degree | 9 |
| Income status | |
| Insufficient | 40 |
| Low | 24 |
| Middle | 30 |
| High | 6 |
| Chronic disease | |
| Cardiovascular | 69 |
| High Blood Pressure | 5 |
| Diabetes | 16 |
| Kidney Failure | 10 |
| Other | 7 |
| Smoking Status | |
| Non smoker | 66 |
| Smoking cessation | 17 |
| Smoker | 17 |
|
Age (years) Mean(SD) |
62.66 (7.92) |
|
Disease duration Mean(SD) |
8.58 (8.02) |