Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants
| Variable |
Intervention
No. (%) |
Control
No. (%) |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Women | 17 (42.5) | 17 (42.5) | ||
| Men | 23 (57.5) | 23 (57.5) | |||
| Marital status | Single | 10 (25) | 8 (20) | 0.340 | |
| Married | 26 (65) | 31 (77.5) | |||
| Spouse who died and divorced | 4 (10) | 1 (2.5) | |||
| Economic situation | Poor | 19 (47.5) | 16 (40) | 0.41 | |
| Medium | 21 (52.5) | 22 (55) | |||
| Good | 0 | 2 (5) | |||
| Job | Housewife | 11 (27.5) | 13 (32.5) | 0.22 | |
| Employee | 4 (10) | 2 (5) | |||
| Manual worker | 8 (20) | 9 (22.5) | |||
| Free | 10 (25) | 8 (20) | |||
| Unemployed | 6 (15) | 2 (5) | |||
| Retired | 1 (2.5) | 6 (15) | |||
| Address | Tehran province | 25 (62.5) | 25 (62.5) | 0.85 | |
| Provincial center | 1 (2.5) | 2 (5) | |||
| City | 14 (35) | 12 (30) | |||
| Village | 0 | 1 (2.5) | |||
| Insurance status | Yes | 30 (75) | 31 (77.5) | 0.79 | |
| No | 10 (25 ) | 9 (22.5) | |||
| Type of burn | Electrical | 4 (10) | 1 (2.5) | 0.44 | |
| Boiling water | 9 (22.5) | 12 (30) | |||
| Fire | 15 (32.5) | 18 (45) | |||
| Other | 12 (30) | 9 (22.5) | |||