Effects of empowerment education on the self-management and self-efficacy of liver transplant patients: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline demographics of the study sample by group

Variables	EEG(n = 35) n (%)	CG(n = 37) n (%)	t	χ²	P
Age (M ± SD)	47.63 ± 11.78	48.70 ± 10.75	− 0.404		0.687^a
Gender				2.794	0.095^b
Male	31(88.6)	27(73.0)
Female	4(11.4)	10(27.0)
Residence				2.022	0.155^b
City	21(60.0)	16(43.2)
Rural areas	14(40.0)	21(56.8)
Marital status				0.278	0.598^b
Married	30(85.7)	30(81.1)
Widowed	5(14.3)	7(18.9)
Years of education				0.196	0.658^b
≤ 9	19(54.3)	22(59.5)
≤9	16(45.7)	15(40.5)
Income (CNY)				0.695	0.706^b
≤ 3000	15(42.9)	17(45.9)
3001 ~ 6000	15(42.9)	17(45.9)
≤6000	5(14.2)	3( 8.2)
Occupation status				1.479	0.477^b
Currently working	17(48.6)	13(35.1)
Retired	3( 8.6)	3( 8.1)
Unemployed	15(42.8)	21(56.8)
Disease duration since onset (years)				4.351	0.114^b
≤ 1	8(22.9)	15(40.5)
1–3	8(22.9)	3( 8.1)
≤3	19(54.2)	19(51.4)

Abbreviations: EEG, empowerment education group; CG, control group; χ2,chi-square test; M ± SD: mean ± standard deviation; CNY, Chinese Yuan
a Independent t-test
b Fisher’s exact-test

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