Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants

Code	Age (year)	Gender	Occupation	Marital status	Disease duration (year)	Disease
P 1	45	Female	employee	Married	15	Rheumatoid arthritis
P 2	46	Male	Self-employed	Married	12	Diabetes & CRFa
P 3	53	Female	Housewife	Married	10	Hypertension & IHDb
P 4	54	Female	Retired	Married	21	Hypertension - CRF - Osteoarthritis
P 5	48	Male	employee	Married	13	Diabetes
P 6	26	Male	Unemployed	Single	4	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
P 7	40	Female	Self-employed	Divorce	6	Hypertension & CRF
P 8	59	Male	Farmer	Married	21	CRF
P 9	32	Male	Worker	Married	8	COPDc
P 10	52	Female	Housewife	Widowed	15	CHFd
P 11	46	Male	Disability Pensioner	Married	5	Cirrhotic liver failure
P 12	38	Female	Housewife	Married	8	Hypertension
P 13	42	Female	employee	Married	3	CRF
P 14	60	Male	Retired	Widower	23	Diabetes
P 15	50	Male	employee	Married	7	IHD

^a Chronic renal failure;

^b Ischemic heart disease;

^cChronic obstructive pulmonary disease;

^d Congestive heart failure