Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of adult patients undergoing coronary angiography at two large hospitals in Iran (N = 120)
| Characteristic | n (%) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peer intervention group | Video intervention group | Combined intervention group | Control group | ||
| Age in years | |||||
| 35–50 | 5 (17) | 9 (30) | 8 (27) | 12 (40) | |
| 51–65 | 18 (60) | 17 (57) | 15 (50) | 14 (47) | 0.51† |
| 66–80 | 7 (23) | 4 (13) | 7 (23) | 4 (13) | |
| Mean ± SD | 58.80 ± 8.57 | 56.07 ± 8.89 | 57.27 ± 9.32 | 54.30 ± 9.79 | 0.28* |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 16 (53) | 16 (53) | 15 (50) | 17 (57) | 0.96† |
| Female | 14 (47) | 14 (47) | 15 (50) | 13 (43) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 26 (87) | 23 (77) | 29 (97) | 28 (93) | 0.11† |
| Unmarried | 4 (13) | 7 (23) | 1 (3) | 2 (7) | |
| Medical history | |||||
| Presence of chronic disease | 17 (57) | 17 (57) | 13 (43) | 13 (43) | 0.77† |
| Mean duration of disease in years ± SD | 3.12 ± 2.47 | 3.21 ± 2.60 | 1.70 ± 1.67 | 2.60 ± 1.97 | 0.51* |
| History of hospitalisation | 19 (63) | 0 (0) | 15 (50) | 15 (50) | 0.65† |
| Mean number of hospital admissions ± SD | 1.46 ± 1.17 | 2.45 ± 1.60 | 1.06 ± 0.90 | 0.99 ± 0.80 | 0.22* |
| Years of education | |||||
| 9–11 | 24 (80) | 24 (80) | 20 (67) | 22 (74) | |
| 12 | 6 (20) | 6 (20) | 10 (33) | 7 (23) | 0.39† |
| >13 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | |
| Economic status | |||||
| Unfavourable | 17 (57) | 20 (67) | 17 (57) | 18 (60) | |
| Partly favourable | 9 (30) | 7 (23) | 10 (33) | 9 (30) | 0.98† |
| Favourable | 4 (13) | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | |
SD = standard deviation.
*
Calculated using a one-way analysis of variance.
†
Calculated using a Chi-squared test.