Table 2.

The demographic characteristics of patients in intervention and control groups^a

Variables	Conditions	Groups		Homogeneity test		Independent t-test
		Intervention group	Control group	Statistic	P value	Statistic	P value
Educational level	Junior high school diploma	2 (13.3)	4 (26.7)	1.56b	0.458
	High School Diploma	7 (46.7)	4 (26.7)
	Undergraduate	6 (40)	7 (46.7)
Type of surgery	Mastectomy	11 (73.3)	12 (80)	0.186c	0.666
	Lumpectomy	4 (26.7)	3 (20)
Age		8.24 ± 42.53	7.95 ± 44.07			0.52	0.608
Duration of the disease		1.78 ± 11.20	1.41 ± 11.00			0.34	0.736

^aValues are expressed as No (%) or mean ± Standard deviation

^bStatistic in Chi-square test

^cStatistic in Fisher’s exact test