Table 4.
Activities | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 7 | |||||
|
|
n/N (%) | P value | n/N (%) | P value | n/N (%) | P value | n/N (%) | P value |
Walking |
|
n/aa |
|
.06 |
|
.19 |
|
.42 | |
|
Experimental group | n/aa |
|
2/21 (9) |
|
3/27 (11) |
|
4/30 (13) |
|
|
Control group | n/aa |
|
5/14 (36) |
|
4/15 (27) |
|
4/18 (22) |
|
Appetite |
|
n/aa |
|
.50 |
|
.98 |
|
.02 | |
|
Experimental group | n/aa |
|
4/26 (15) |
|
5/27 (18) |
|
1/30 (3) |
|
|
Control group | n/aa |
|
4/17 (23) |
|
3/16 (19) |
|
5/19 (26) |
|
Concentration |
|
.18 |
|
.06 |
|
.23 |
|
.93 | |
|
Experimental group | 4/25 (16) |
|
3/26 (11) |
|
3/27 (11) |
|
5/30 (17) |
|
|
Control group | 6/18 (33) |
|
6/17 (35) |
|
4/16 (25) |
|
3/19 (16) |
|
Breathing and coughing |
|
.23 |
|
.28 |
|
.04 |
|
.06 | |
|
Experimental group | 8/25 (32) |
|
8/26 (31) |
|
4/27 (15) |
|
3/30 (10) |
|
|
Control group | 9/18 (50) |
|
8/17 (47) |
|
7/16 (44) |
|
6/19 (31) |
|
a n/a: not applicable to the patients’ condition