Table 1 Frequency distribution of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the control and experimental group
| Â | Experimental | Control | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Items | n | % | n | % | P |
Gender | |||||
   Male | 42 | 76.4 | 41 | 74.5 | > 0.05 |
   Female | 13 | 23.6 | 14 | 25.5 |  |
Marital Status | |||||
   Married | 41 | 74.5 | 37 | 67.3 | > 0.05 |
   Single | 14 | 25.5 | 16 | 29.1 |  |
Education Level | |||||
   illiterate | 4 | 7.3 | 6 | 10.9 | = 0.29 |
   Primary school | 10 | 18.2 | 17 | 30.9 |  |
   Secondary school | 15 | 27.3 | 15 | 27.3 |  |
   Diploma and higher | 26 | 47.2 | 17 | 31 |  |
Etiologic factor | |||||
   Hepatitis C | 23 | 41.8 | 20 | 36.4 | = 0.99 |
   Hepatitis B | 30 | 54.5 | 32 | 58.2 |  |
   Other cause | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | 5.4 |  |
Duration of disease | |||||
6 month to one year | 14 | 25.5 | 14 | 25.5 | = 1.0 |
More than 1 to 2 year | 13 | 23.6 | 13 | 23.5 | Â |
More than 2 year | 28 | 50.9 | 28 | 50.9 | Â |
No of Admission | |||||
   Once | 5 | 9.1 | 2 | 3.6 | = 0.32 |
   Twice | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 |  |
   Triple and more | 2 | 3.6 | -- | -- |  |
   No admission | 46 | 83.6 | 51 | 92.7 |  |
Total | 55 | 100 | 55 | 100 | Â |