[Table/Fig-1]:
Comparison of pre and post values
| Patient Characteristic | Frequency | GOHAI Score | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test applied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre vs. Post | |||||||
| n | % (n=63) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | z-value | p-value | Difference | |
| Age | |||||||||
| Below 70 | 33 | 52.4 | 27.12 | 8.60 | 43.97 | 3.93 | -4.864 | 1.15E-06 | Significant |
| Above 70 | 38 | 60.3 | 26.17 | 8.87 | 35.57 | 7.26 | -3.840 | 0.00012 | Significant |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 35 | 55.6 | 25.71 | 7.45 | 41.00 | 6.25 | -4.900 | 9.58E-07 | Significant |
| Male | 28 | 44.4 | 27.86 | 10.00 | 38.68 | 7.98 | -4.105 | 4.05E-05 | Significant |
| Education | |||||||||
| Lower | 39 | 61.9 | 26.00 | 8.07 | 37.13 | 7.12 | -4.773 | 1.81E-06 | Significant |
| Higher | 24 | 38.1 | 27.75 | 9.65 | 44.58 | 4.07 | -4.109 | 3.97E-05 | Significant |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 36 | 57.1 | 26.08 | 8.24 | 43.83 | 3.66 | -5.147 | 2.64E-07 | Significant |
| Widow/er | 24 | 38.1 | 27.04 | 8.89 | 34.71 | 6.92 | -3.211 | 0.00132 | Significant |
| Single | 3 | 4.8 | 30.67 | 14.19 | 35.67 | 12.34 | -1.342 | 0.180 | Not significant |