Table 1.

Frequency distribution of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the control and experimental group

	Experimental		Control
Items	n	%	n	%	P
Gender
Male	42	76.4	41	74.5	> 0.05
Female	13	23.6	14	25.5
Marital Status
Married	41	74.5	37	67.3	> 0.05
Single	14	25.5	16	29.1
Education Level
illiterate	4	7.3	6	10.9	= 0.29
Primary school	10	18.2	17	30.9
Secondary school	15	27.3	15	27.3
Diploma and higher	26	47.2	17	31
Etiologic factor
Hepatitis C	23	41.8	20	36.4	= 0.99
Hepatitis B	30	54.5	32	58.2
Other cause	2	3.6	3	5.4
Duration of disease
6 month to one year	14	25.5	14	25.5	= 1.0
More than 1 to 2 year	13	23.6	13	23.5
More than 2 year	28	50.9	28	50.9
No of Admission
Once	5	9.1	2	3.6	= 0.32
Twice	2	3.6	2	3.6
Triple and more	2	3.6	--	--
No admission	46	83.6	51	92.7
Total	55	100	55	100