Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at start, after two weeks and three months
| Patients | Control participants | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Start | N | 39 | 92 |
131 (100 %) |
35 | 74 |
109 (100 %) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 12.18 (SD 1.37) | 13.28 (SD 1.69) | 12.95 (SD 1.67) | 12.49 (SD 1.69) | 13.47 (SD 1.69) | 13.16 (SD 1.74) | |
| After 2 weeks | N (%) | 28 | 78 |
106 (81 %) |
26 | 59 |
85 (78 %) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 12.32 (SD 1.44) | 13.28 (SD 1.71) | 13.03 (SD 1.69) | 12.27 (SD 1.64) | 13.27 (SD 1.59) | 12.96 (SD 1.66) | |
| After 3 months | N (%) | 21 | 74 |
95 (73 %) |
34 | 67 |
101 (93 %) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 12.10 (SD 1.22) | 13.39 (SD 1.70) | 13.11 (SD 1.69) | 12.53 (SD 1.69) | 13.45 (SD 1.66) | 13.14 (SD 1.72) | |