Table 1.
General data of patients with chronic wounds, n (%)
|
Index
|
Effective group (n = 95)
|
Ineffective group (n = 15)
|
χ
2/t
|
P value
|
| Age (year), mean ± SD | 56.09 ± 13.89 | 54.20 ± 18.11 | 0.470 | 0.639 |
| Sex | / | / | 0.322 | 0.571 |
| Man | 56 (58.95) | 10 (66.67) | / | / |
| Woman | 39 (41.05) | 5 (33.33) | / | / |
| Educational level | / | / | 0.006 | 0.938 |
| Junior college or below | 58 (61.05) | 9 (60.00) | / | / |
| College degree or above | 37 (38.95) | 6 (40.00) | / | / |
| Wound area (cm2), mean ± SD | 5.29 ± 1.54 | 7.73 ± 1.79 | 5.586 | < 0.001 |
| Wound type | / | / | 0.454 | 0.978 |
| Pressure ulcer | 21 (22.11) | 4 (26.67) | / | / |
| Venous blood ulcer | 18 (18.95) | 3 (20.00) | / | / |
| Diabetic foot ulcers | 16 (16.84) | 3 (20.00) | / | / |
| Traumatic ulcer | 23 (24.21) | 3 (20.00) | / | / |
| Other | 17 (17.89) | 2 (13.33) | / | / |
| Wound infection | / | / | 11.579 | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 32 (33.68) | 12 (80.00) | / | / |
| No | 63 (66.32) | 3 (20.00) | / | / |
| Participates in physical exercise | / | / | 0.750 | 0.387 |
| Yes | 71 (74.74) | 5 (33.33) | / | / |
| No | 24 (25.26) | 10 (66.67) | / | / |
| Daily bed time (hour), mean ± SD | 11.71 ± 2.36 | 15.93 ± 2.40 | 6.431 | < 0.001 |