Table 2.
Baseline information of the participants.
| Variables | Intervention group (n = 91) (Mean ± SD) |
Control group (n = 88) (Mean ± SD) |
t / χ 2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 62.87 ± 7.46 | 64.27 ± 7.20 | -1.28 | 0.202 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 16 | 26 | 3.57 | 0.059 |
| Female | 75 | 62 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 3 | 3 | 0.002 | 0.967 |
| Married | 88 | 85 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary school and below | 47 | 35 | 2.58 | 0.275 |
| Junior middle school | 25 | 29 | ||
| Senior high school and above | 19 | 24 | ||
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Yes | 58 | 57 | 0.021 | 0.885 |
| No | 33 | 31 | ||
| Pain score | 2.34 ± 0.87 | 2.36 ± 0.94 | -0.17 | 0.865 |
| Barthel index score | 89.67 ± 5.47 | 90.17 ± 5.59 | -0.61 | 0.546 |