Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients surveyed by SF-36 scale at baseline and follow-up
Variables | Â | Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Intervention group (N = 1006) | Control group (N = 420) | p | Intervention group (N = 781) | Control group (N = 302) | p | |
Sex (%) |  |  |  | p > 0.05 |  |  | p > 0.05 |
| Â | Male | 45.2 | 44.0 | Â | 44.9 | 55.1 | Â |
| Â | Female | 54.8 | 56.0 | Â | 44.7 | 55.3 | Â |
Age(year; \( \overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \mathrm{s} \)) |  | 66.3 ± 10.7 | 65.8 ± 11.5 | p > 0.05 | 68.20 ± 11.0 | 67.79 ± 11.5 | p > 0.05 |
Education (%) |  |  |  | p > 0.05 |  |  | p > 0.05 |
| Â | Illiteracy | 35.0 | 39.5 | Â | 17.4 | 17.2 | Â |
| Â | Primary school | 47.3 | 44.5 | Â | 29.4 | 36.1 | Â |
| Â | Middle school or higher | 17.2 | 16.0 | Â | 53.2 | 46.7 | Â |
Occupation (%) |  |  |  | p > 0.05 |  |  | p > 0.05 |
| Â | Farmer | 94.1 | 96.2 | Â | 93.2 | 94.7 | Â |
| Â | Non-farmer | 5.9 | 3.8 | Â | 6.8 | 5.3 | Â |
Duration of hypertension (year; \( \overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \mathrm{s} \)) |  | 3.4 ± 4.6 | 3.8 ± 4.6 | p > 0.05 | 5.4 ± 4.6 | 5.8 ± 4.6 | p > 0.05 |