Table 1.
Sample characteristics of the intervention group (n = 30) and control group (n = 30)
| Variables | Intervention n = 30 |
Control n = 30 |
Chi-square (p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | ||
| Gender | .287(.592) | ||||
| Female | 66.7 | 20 | 60 | 18 | |
| Male | 33.3 | 10 | 40 | 12 | |
| Age | 40.000(.051) | ||||
| 61–70 | 20 | 6 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| 71–80 | 10 | 3 | 43.3 | 13 | |
| 81–90 | 36.7 | 11 | 30 | 9 | |
| 91 and older | 33.3 | 10 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| Language most often spoken at home | 1.111(.574) | ||||
| English | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Chinese unspecified | 83.3 | 25 | 83.3 | 25 | |
| Mandarin | 16.7 | 5 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| Country of birth | 2.864(.581) | ||||
| Mainland China | 70 | 21 | 80 | 24 | |
| Hong Kong | 16.7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | |
| Macau | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vietnam | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| Number of years in Canada | 37.312(.201) | ||||
| 0–10 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 2 | |
| 11–20 | 26.7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | |
| 21–30 | 26.7 | 8 | 40 | 12 | |
| 31–40 | 20 | 6 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| 41 and above | 16.7 | 5 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| Cannot remember | 10 | 3 | 16.7 | 5 | |
| Marital status | 1.758(.624) | ||||
| Married | 36.7 | 11 | 50 | 15 | |
| Widowed | 50 | 15 | 43.3 | 13 | |
| Separated | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Divorced | 10 | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Difficulty of performing activities | 1.864(.394) | ||||
| Yes, sometimes | 30 | 9 | 36.7 | 11 | |
| Yes, often | 43.3 | 13 | 26.7 | 8 | |
| No | 26.7 | 8 | 36.7 | 11 | |
| Physical/mental condition or health problem reduces activities | .821(.663) | ||||
| Yes, sometimes | 46.7 | 14 | 46.7 | 14 | |
| Yes, often | 13.3 | 4 | 6.7 | 2 | |
| No | 40 | 12 | 46.7 | 14 | |