The effectiveness of intervention based on the transactional model on improving coping efforts and stress moderators in hemodialysis patients in Tehran: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Comparison of participants’ demographic variables in the intervention and control groups

Variable	group	intervention group		control group		ϰ^2∗	P-value
Variable	group	Frequency	percentage	Frequency	percentage	ϰ^2∗	P-value
gender	male female	29	50	31	53.4	0.7	0.42
gender	male female	29	50	27	46.6	0.7	0.42
Marital status	Married Single Widowed	45	82.8	44	75.9	1.31	0.51
		5	8.6	5	8.6
		5	8.6	9	15.5
Education	Elementary intermediate High school Higher education	12	20.7	13	22.4	0.32	0.95
		17	29.3	15	25.9
		16	27.6	18	31
		13	22.4	12	20.7
Employment status	Employed housewife Retired Self-employed	11	19	13	22.4	7.01	0.22
		19	32.8	19	32.8
		18	31	14	24.1
		10	17.2	12	20.7
History of the disease in the family	yes no	10	17.2	7	12.1	0.008	0.78
History of the disease in the family	yes no	48	82.8	51	87.9	0.008	0.78

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