Table 1.

Demographic data of the two groups.

		Intervention group (n = 11)		Control group (n = 8)		Total (n = 19)		p-value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender	Female	2	18	3	38	5	26	0.345
	Male	9	82	5	63	14	74
Age	46–60	0	0	1	13	1	5	0.425
	61–74	9	82	5	63	14	74
	75+	2	18	2	25	4	21
Family	Widow	1	9	1	13	2	11	0.351
Condition	Divorced	0	0	1	13	1	5
	Married	10	91	5	63	15	79
	Single	0	0	1	13	1	5
Nationality	Cypriot	9	82	8	100	17	89	0.202
	Other	2	18	0	0	2	11
Educational	Lyceum/technical school graduate	1	9	2	25	3	16	0.504
Level	Gymnasium graduate	6	55	5	63	11	58
	Elementary graduate	2	18	0	0	2	11
	No elementary graduate/	2	18	1	13	3	16
	No grammatical knowledge
Smoking		7	64	5	63	12	63	0.96
Receiving drugs for breathlessness		3	27	1	13	4	21	0.435
Oxygen use		6	55	5	63	11	58	0.729