Table 1.
Demographical description of the study participants (n=56).
| Variable | EG | CG | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=30 | % | N=26 | % | |||
| Gender | Female | 21 | 70% | 19 | 73% | 1 |
| Male | 9 | 30% | 7 | 27% | ||
| Education | Higher education | 20 | 71% | 12 | 52% | 0.37 |
| Secondary education | 7 | 25% | 10 | 44% | ||
| Vocational education | 1 | 4% | 1 | 4% | ||
| Marital status | Married | 18 | 67% | 9 | 39% | 0.09 |
| Widowed | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | ||
| Single | 9 | 33% | 13 | 57% | ||
| Employment status | Employed | 23 | 77% | 9 | 39% | 0.03* |
| Unemployed | 1 | 3% | 3 | 13% | ||
| Retired | 5 | 17% | 8 | 35% | ||
| Student | 1 | 3% | 3 | 13% | ||
| Children | Yes | 17 | 61% | 12 | 50% | 0.6 |
| No | 11 | 39% | 12 | 50% | ||
| City/village | Big city | 22 | 78% | 22 | 96% | 0.07 |
| City | 5 | 18% | 0 | 0% | ||
| village | 1 | 4% | 1 | 4% | ||
|
Number of hospital treatments |
0 | 25 | 96% | 13 | 81% | 0.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 13% | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4% | 1 | 6% | ||
| Mean (± SD) | Median (Q1–Q3) | Mean (± SD) | Median (Q1–Q3) | p-value | ||
| Age | 46.57 (± 14.87) | 49.5 (34–57.25) |
48.23(± 16.34) | 50.5(32.25–61) | 0.6 | |
|
Years since 1st diagnosis |
5.95(± 7.53) | 2(1–8.5) | 5.38(± 7.32) | 2(1–5.5) | 0.9 | |
*p ≤ 0.05.
EG, experimental group; CG, control group.