Table 1.
Comparison of demographic characteristics of the patients in the study groups.
| Variables | Groups |
Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control na (%) |
Telephone n (%) |
WhatsApp n (%) |
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| Gender | Male | 19 (59.3) | 21 (67.7) | 20 (64.5) | X = 0.686 *bP-value = 0.71 |
| Female | 13 (40.6) | 10 (32.2) | 11 (35.5) | ||
| Education level | Primary | 8 (25) | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.1) |
X = 7.399 *P-value = 0.11 |
| Secondary | 16(50) | 12 (38.7) | 12 (38.7) | ||
| University | 8 (25) | 2 (6.4) | 5 (16.1) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 0 (0) | 6 (19.3) | 4(12.9) |
**cP-value = 0.14 |
| Married | 32 (100) | 25 (80.6) | 27(87.1) | ||
| Occupation | Employed | 12 (37.5) | 13 (41.9) | 10 (32.2) |
X = 0.9.350 *P-value = 0.14 |
| Unemployed | 8(25) | 11 (35.4) | 9 (29) | ||
| Retired | 7 (21.8) | 3 (9.6) | 4 (12.9) | ||
| Inactive | 5 (15.6) | 4 (12.9) | 8 (25.8) | ||
| Residual status | Rural | 1 (3.1) | 3 (9.6) | 2 (6.4) | X = 1.402 *P-value = 0.60 |
| Urban | 31(96.8) | 28 (90.3) | 29(93.5) | ||
| Income level | Low | 10 (31.2) | 13 (41.9) | 12 (38.7) | X = 8.345 *P-value = 0.192 |
| Medium | 15 (46.8) | 14(45.1) | 13 (41.9) | ||
| High | 7 (21.8) | 4 (12.9) | 6 (19.3) | ||
|
Age |
Control | Telephone |
t = 2.610 ***dP-value = 0.82 |
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| Mean ± SDe | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
| 61.35 ± 9.94 | 61.90 ± 7.16 | 60.14 ± 8.22 | |||
a
Number
b
Chi-squared test
c
**Fisher's exact test
d
***Independent sample t-test
e
Standard deviation