Table 1. Subject demographics .
| Demographic data |
Experimental group
(n=30) |
Control group
(n=30) |
P value | ||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Gender | 0.43a | ||||
| Male | 13 | 43.30 | 10 | 33.30 | |
| Female | 17 | 56.70 | 20 | 66.70 | |
| Age (year) | 0.97a | ||||
| < 41 | 1 | 3.33 | 2 | 6.70 | |
| 41-50 | 4 | 13.33 | 6 | 20.00 | |
| 51-60 | 7 | 23.33 | 6 | 20.00 | |
| 61-70 | 13 | 43.33 | 12 | 40.00 | |
| 71-80 | 3 | 10.00 | 3 | 10.00 | |
| >80 | 2 | 6.67 | 1 | 3.33 | |
| Marital status | 0.84b | ||||
| Single | 2 | 6.67 | 3 | 10.00 | |
| Married | 21 | 70.00 | 22 | 73.33 | |
| Divorced/Separated | 7 | 23.33 | 5 | 16.67 | |
| Education level | 0.67b | ||||
| Primary school | 25 | 83.33 | 22 | 73.33 | |
| High school | 3 | 10.00 | 4 | 13.33 | |
| Vocational/University | 2 | 6.70 | 4 | 13.33 | |
| Occupation | 0.79b | ||||
| Employed | 18 | 60.00 | 17 | 56.67 | |
| Unemployed | 12 | 40.00 | 13 | 43.33 | |
| Number of family members | 0.40b | ||||
| < 3 | 7 | 23.30 | 9 | 30.00 | |
| 3 - 5 | 17 | 56.70 | 19 | 63.30 | |
| > 5 | 6 | 20.00 | 2 | 6.70 | |
| Average family income (Baht/month) | 0.55b | ||||
| < 5000 | 5 | 16.70 | 7 | 23.30 | |
| 5001-10000 | 2 | 6.70 | 4 | 13.30 | |
| >10000 | 23 | 76.70 | 19 | 63.30 | |
SD, Standard deviation. a Fisher’s exact test (P value < 0.05), bChi-square test (P value < 0.05).