Table 1.

Demographic features of the respondents to the questionnaire

	Frequency	Percent
Gender
male	226	58.9
female	158	41.1
Marital Status
married	341	88.8
Single	38	9.9
others	5	1.3
Education
junior school	149	38.8
High school	144	37.5
Academic	91	23.6
Job
unemployed	35	9.1
worker	25	6.5
Employee	31	8.1
Self-employment	83	21.6
retired	124	32.3
Housekeeper	85	22.1
Residence
Tehran province	222	57.8
Other Province	161	41.9
CVD disease
Coronary artery	208	54.2
congenital	30	7.8
HF	28	7.3
other	118	30.7