Table 4 Comparison of frequency distribution of gender, type of insurance, history of underlying disease, living alone, level of dependence, paralysis and number of organs with palsy between the intervention and control groups
From: Investigating the effect of self-management program on stroke’s patients’ self-efficacy
variable | Intervention group | Control group | Chi-square test | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||
Gender | Female | 14 | 38.9% | 19 | 52.8% | 1.39 | 0.344 |
Male | 22 | 61.1% | 17 | 47.2% | |||
Insurance type | Uninsured | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.363 | 0.834 |
Social Security | 23 | 63.9% | 22 | 61.1% | |||
Medical services | 7 | 19.4% | 9 | 25% | |||
Armed Forces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Other | 6 | 16.7% | 5 | 13.9% | |||
Complementary insurance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Free (self-processing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
History of underlying disease | Yes | 23 | 63.9% | 23 | 58.3% | 0.234 | 0.629 |
No | 13 | 46.4% | 15 | 53.6% | |||
Living Alone | No | 7 | 19.4% | 7 | 19.4% | 0.00 | 1 |
Yes | 29 | 80.6% | 29 | 80.6% | |||
Dependency level based on Barthel scale | Full dependence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.067 | 0.795 |
Severe dependence | 25 | 69.4% | 26 | 72.2% | |||
Average dependence | 11 | 30.6% | 10 | 27.8% | |||
Partial dependence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |||
Paralysis of the limbs | Yes | 27 | 75% | 29 | 80.6% | 0.321 | 0.571 |
No | 9 | 25% | 7 | 19.4% | |||
Number of limbs with palsy (paralysis) | one limb | 13 | 36.1% | 12 | 33.3% | 0.616 | 0.828 |
Two limbs | 14 | 38.9% | 17 | 47.2% | |||
No paralysis | 9 | 25% | 7 | 19.4% |