Table 1.
Distribution of absolute and relative frequencies of the studied units in the three groups according to the incidence of pressure ulcers.
| Variables | Study groups Number (percent) |
Total Number (percent) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Oil | Placebo | Control Group | |||
| Occurrence of pressure ulcers | Yes | 1 (2.9) | 4 (11.8) | 9 (26.5) | 14 (13.7) |
| No | 33 (97.1) | 30 (88.2) | 25 (73.5) | 88 (86.3) | |
| Gender | Male | 21 (61.8) | 23 (67.6) | 20 (58.8) | 64 (62.7) |
| Female | 13 (38.2) | 11 (32.4) | 14 (41.2) | 38 (37.3) | |
| Age (year) | 53.24 | 58.78 | 52.21 | 54.74 | |
| Height (cm) | 168.59 | 169.68 | 165.44 | 167.90 | |
| Weight (kg) | 71.85 | 72.79 | 69.00 | 71.22 | |
| BMI | 25.18 | 25.75 | 25.21 | 25.38 | |
| Braden Scale Number | 18 | 12 (35.3) | 13 (38.2) | 13 (38.2) | 42 (41.2) |
| 16–17 | 13 (38.2) | 10 (29.4) | 14 (41.2) | 37 (36.3) | |
| 15 | 9 (26.5) | 7 (20.6) | 7 (20.6) | 23 (23.5) | |