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Table 1.

Comparing demographic characteristics between the groups

Patients’ characteristics	Group	N	mean ± SD	Results
Age [years: mean (SD)]	Acupressure	35	60.3±12.5	t=1.22 p=0.23
Age [years: mean (SD)]	Control	35	64.4±10.6	t=1.22 p=0.23
Gender (F/M), n (%)	Acupressure	35	15 (42.86)/20 (57.14)	X²=0.27 p=0.61
Gender (F/M), n (%)	Control	35	19 (54.28)/16 (45.72)	X²=0.27 p=0.61
Marital status (Ma/S), n (%)	Acupressure	35	31 (88.57)/4 (11.43)	Fisher’s exact test: p=0.24
Marital status (Ma/S), n (%)	Control	35	33 (94.28)/2 (5.72)	Fisher’s exact test: p=0.24
Education (N/Y), n (%)	Acupressure	35	17 (48.57)/18 (51.43)	X²=1.09 p=0.39
Education (N/Y), n (%)	Control	35	21 (60)/14 (40)	X²=1.09 p=0.39

F, female; M, male; Ma, married; S, single; N, no; Y, yes; n, number;