Variable | Improvement VAS (Baseline-After) |
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No | Yes | Total | P | |
N | 10 | 14 | 24 |
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Gender |
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Female | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.00 |
Male | 5 | 7 | 12 |
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Age |
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| 0.75† |
Average ± dp | 53.40 ± 8.91 | 54.54 ± 9.43 | 54.13 ± 9.04 |
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Education |
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Illiterate | - | - | - | 1.00 |
Incomplete secondary education | 3 | 5 | 8 |
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Complete higher education | 7 | 6 | 13 |
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| - | 3 | 3 |
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Marital Status |
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Single | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
Married | 8 | 10 | 18 |
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Divorced | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Widowed | - | - | - |
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Religion |
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No | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.00 |
Yes | 7 | 12 | 19 |
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Housing |
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Same city as the research | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.39 |
Other city | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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Belief stimulation |
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No | 1 | - | 2 | 0.42 |
Yes | 7 | 8 | 22 |
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WHOQoL |
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Quality of Life (item 1) | 2.50 ± 0.97 | 3.36 ± 0.93 | 3.00 ± 1.02 | 0.04†* |
Health satisfaction (item 2) | 2.20 ± 1.03 | 2.79 ± 1.05 | 2.54 ± 1.06 | 0.23†† |
Physical | 34.50 ± 22.20 | 48.7 ± 14.58 | 42.71 ± 19.05 | 0.07† |
Psychological | 56.30 ± 21.18 | 66.71 ± 18.12 | 62.38 ± 19.71 | 0.21† |
Social Relations | 52.50 ± 24.04 | 69.64 ± 17.95 | 62.50 ± 21.97 | 0.09†† |
Environment | 60.60 ± 12.79 | 66.64 ± 13.58 | 64.13 ± 13.32 | 0.28† |
SF-12 |
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Physical Component | 30.26 ± 7.75 | 32.90 ± 4.37 | 31.80 ± 6.01 | 0.30† |
Mental Component | 43.08 ± 14.72 | 50.05 ± 10.57 | 47.15 ± 12.66 | 0.19† |
BDI Depression Rating |
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|
|
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None | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.08 |
Slight | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Moderate | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Severe/extremely severe | 6 | 6 | 12 |
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Improvement |
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|
|
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Improvement | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.34 |
No changes | 8 | 9 | 17 |
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Worsens | 1 | - | 1 |
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Side Effects |
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Absent | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.24 |
Present | 7 | 6 | 13 |
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Sleep Improvement |
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Absent | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0.36 |
Present | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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