Table 1. Sociodemographic and Disease-Related Characteristics of the Intervention and Control Groups .

Variable		Intervention Group ( n =30)		Control Group ( n =30)		χ2	P
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Female	15	50.0	12	40.0	0.61	0.44
	Male	15	50.0	18	60.0
Educational status	Primary school	23	76.7	20	66.7	1.02	0.80
	Secondary school	3	10.0	4	13.3
	High school	2	6.7	4	13.3
	Bachelor’s or higher	2	6.7	2	6.7
Marital status	Single	2	6.7	3	10.0	0.22	0.64
	Married	28	93.3	27	90.0
Employment status	Employed	2	6.7	5	16.7	1.46	0.23
	Unemployed	28	93.3	25	83.3
Place of residence	Province	12	40.0	14	46.7	5.70	0.06
	District	9	30.0	14	46.7
	Village	9	30.0	2	6.7
Support status	Alone	1	3.3	1	3.3	2.07	0.36
	Family	29	96.7	27	90.0
	Nursing home	0	0.0	2	6.7
Economic status	Income less than expenses	22	73.3	15	50.0	3.90	0.14
	Income equal to expenses	6	20.0	13	43.3
	Income more than expenses	2	6.7	2	6.7
Diagnosis	Lung cancer	5	16.7	9	30.0	2.11	0.55
	Breast cancer	5	16.7	6	20.0
	Gastrointestinal cancer	8	26.7	5	16.7
	Other	12	40.0	10	33.3
Presence of another chronic disease	Yes	13	43.3	10	33.3	0.64	0.43
	No	17	56.7	20	66.7
		Mean±SD		Mean±SD		t	P
Age	Mean age	60.13 ± 10.77		61.07 ± 13.78		-0.29	0.77