Table 1.

General characteristics of participants in the experimental groups

Characteristics	Moderate (n = 37)	Severe (n = 36)	Extremely severe (n = 30)
Male/female	21/16	23/13	17/13
Age (years)	37.2 ± 14.7	35.1 ± 13.4	38.3 ± 15.6
Education (years)	9.1 ± 2.5	8.8 ± 2.6	9.2 ± 2.8
Hospitalization (days)	16.6 ± 4.1	30.1 ± 7.6	52.3 ± 10.4
Hypertension	11 (29.7%)	12 (33.3%)	9 (30.0%)
Diabetes mellitus	4 (10.8%)	4 (11.1%)	3 (10.0%)
History of cardiovascular disease	3 (8.1%)	4 (11.1%)	4 (13.3%)
Etiological factors
Accident	29 (78.4%)	27 (75.0%)	23 (76.7%)
Falling	4 (10.8%)	5 (13.9%)	4 (13.3%)
Others	4 (10.8%)	4 (11.1%)	3 (10.0%)
GCS	11.1	7.6	3.9

Data were given as mean ± SD.

GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.