Reducing care burden and improving adherence to health-promoting behaviors among family caregivers of patients with multiple sclerosis through a healthy lifestyle empowerment program

Table 2 Demographic information of the patients with MS and their FCGs

Group	Intervention group (n = 30)		Control group (n = 30)		p-value
Variables	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage	p-value
Gender
Female	14	46.7	11	36.7	0.60^b
Male	16	53.3	19	63.3	0.60^b
Marital status
Single	4	13.3	4	13.3	0.60^a
Married	26	86.7	25	83.4
Widow/ Divorced	0	0	1	3.3
Education
Illiterate/ Primary school	1	3.4	6	20	0.13^a
Middle school	2	6.6	2	6.6
High school/ diploma	12	40	6	20
University degree	15	50	16	53.3
Occupation
Homemaker	10	33.3	8	26.7	0.12^a
Unemployed	7	23.3	9	30
Self-employed	1	3.3	1	3.3
Employee	12	40	12	40
Relationship with the patient
Mother	2	6.7	2	6.7	0.12^a
Sister	4	13.3	1	3.33
Brother	4	13.3	1	3.33
Child	2	0.3	5	16.7
Spouse	18	60	21	70

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