Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants
| Variables | Total (N = 102) |
Weighted blanket (N = 52) |
Normal blanket (N = 50) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 44.0 (13.9) | 44.3 (13.9) | 43.7 (14.1) |
| Sex, women, N (%) | 84 (82.4) | 41 (78.8) | 43 (86.0) |
| Currently married, N (%) | 68 (66.7) | 34 (65.4) | 34 (68.0) |
| Educational level, N (%) | |||
| Primary school | 12 (11.9) | 6 (11.8) | 6 (12.0) |
| Middle and High school | 29 (28.7) | 16 (31.4) | 13 (26.0) |
| College and Higher | 60 (59.4) | 29 (56.9) | 31 (62.0) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 22.0 (4.0) | 22.0 (3.8) | 22.0 (4.3) |
| Current smoking, N (%) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (7.7) |
| Current drinking, N (%) | 9 (8.9) | 3 (5.9) | 6 (12.0) |
| Physical activity, N (%) | |||
| Low activity | 69 (67.6) | 38 (73.1) | 31 (62.0) |
| Moderate and high activity | 33 (32.4) | 14 (26.9) | 19 (38.0) |
| History of hypertension, yes, N (%) | 8 (7.8) | 5 (9.6) | 3 (6.0) |
| History of cancer, yes, N (%) | 7 (6.9) | 4 (7.7) | 3 (6.0) |
| Use of sleep medicine, yes, N (%) | 45 (44.1) | 22 (42.3) | 23 (46.0) |
| Sleep quality (PSQI) | 12.9 (3.7) | 13.6 (3.8) | 12.3 (3.5) |
| Insomnia severity (ISI) | 15.1 (5.8) | 16.2 (6.2) | 14.0 (5.2) |
| Daytime sleepiness (Epworth) | 7.1 (5.7) | 8.2 (6.3) | 5.9 (4.9) |
| Depression (CESD-10) | 11.4 (5.9) | 11.5 (6.4) | 11.4 (5.4) |
| Stress (PSS) | 17.6 (7.0) | 17.7 (7.2) | 17.6 (6.8) |
| Anxiety (SAS) | 38.9 (8.2) | 38.8 (7.3) | 38.9 (9.2) |
| Fatigue (FS-14) | 8.1 (3.3) | 8.6 (3.1) | 7.6 (3.3) |
Data are expressed as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated
BMI, Body mass index; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; CESD-10, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-10; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; SAS, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; FS-14, Fatigue Scale-14