Table 1. Personal/social details of patients with gastrointestinal cancer in intervention and control groups .
| Variable | Control | Music plus massage therapy |
Total
(60 patients) |
P |
| Age* | 53.86 (12.68) [29-70] |
56 (8.84) [34-70] |
54.93 (10.89) [29-70] |
0.453* |
| Gender | 0.793** | |||
| Male | 17(56.7) | 18 (60%) | 35 (58.3%) | |
| Female | 13(43.3) | 12 (40%) | 25 (41.7%) | |
| Education | 0.181** | |||
| Illiterate | 20 (66.7) | 16(53.3%) | 36(60%) | |
| Sixth grade and below diploma | 4 (13.3) | 10(33.3%) | 14(23.3%) | |
| Diploma and higher | 6 (20) | 4(13.4%) | 10(16.7%) | |
| Marital status | 0.554** | |||
| Married | 28 (93.3) | 29 (96.7) | 57 (95) | |
| Single | 2 (6.7) | 1 (3.3) | 3 (5) | |
| Occupation | 0.924** | |||
| Housewife | 11 (36.7) | 11 (36.7) | 22 (36.7) | |
| Employee | 1 (3.3) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (50) | |
| Unemployed | 4 (13.3) | 3 (10) | 7 (11.6) | |
| Self-employed | 14 (46.7) | 14 (46.7) | 28 (46.7) | |
| Type of cancer | 0.732** | |||
| Stomach | 14 (46.7) | 12 (40) | 26 (43.3) | |
| Esophagus | 5 (16.7) | 4 (13.3) | 9 (15) | |
| Colon | 11 (36.7) | 14 (46.7) | 25 (41.7) |
*The difference in age was compared with t –test and reported by using mean(M) and standard deviation(SD), also **Chi-square test was used to compare the other of the demographic characteristics and reported by using number and percent.