Table 1 . Personal characteristics of the patients .
| Variables | Groups | p | ||
| Massage N(%) | Control N(%) | |||
| Age (Mean±SD) | 59.31±12.42 | 55.88±16.20 | 0.483 | |
| Medical diagnosis | ACS | 42 (70) | 47 (78.3) | 0. 404 |
| AMI | 18 (30) | 13 (21.7) | ||
| Level of education | Elementary | 36 (60) | 34 (56.7) | 0.711 |
| Secondary or higher | 24 (40) | 26 (43.3) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 54 (90) | 53 (88.3) | 0.768 |
| Single or widowed | 6 (10) | 7 (11.7) | ||
| Job | Employed | 42 (70) | 40 (66.7) | 0.694 |
| Retired/ unemployed | 18 (30) | 20 (33.3) | ||
| Previous hospitalization | Yes | 43 (71.7) | 39 (65) | 0.432 |
| No | 17 (28.3) | 21 (35) | ||
| Satisfaction of massage therapy | Completely | 39 (65) | --------- | |
| High | 18 (30) | |||
| Moderate | 3 (5) | |||