Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline
Items | the experimental group | the control group | χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number(n) | Composition ratio (%) | Number(n) | Composition ratio (%) | |||
Age | ||||||
35~59 | 161 | 20.9 | 175 | 22.8 | 6.533 | 0.088 |
60~69 | 299 | 38.9 | 264 | 34.3 | ||
70~79 | 201 | 26.1 | 236 | 30.7 | ||
80~89 | 108 | 14.0 | 94 | 12.2 | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 255 | 33.2 | 298 | 38.8 | 5.221 | 0.022 |
Female | 514 | 66.8 | 471 | 61.2 | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Worker/agriculture/business and service personnel | 34 | 4.4 | 27 | 3.5 | 6.070 | 0.048 |
Professional technician / soldier / other | 63 | 8.2 | 41 | 5.3 | ||
Retired staff | 672 | 87.4 | 701 | 91.2 | ||
Education | ||||||
Primary school and below | 61 | 7.9 | 83 | 10.8 | 3.837 | 0.280 |
Junior high school graduation | 237 | 30.8 | 230 | 29.9 | ||
Senior high school graduation | 273 | 35.5 | 259 | 33.7 | ||
College and undergraduate graduation and above | 198 | 25.7 | 197 | 25.6 | ||
Marriage | ||||||
Married/Cohabiting | 721 | 93.8 | 710 | 92.3 | 1.215 | 0.270 |
Other | 48 | 6.2 | 59 | 7.7 | ||
Total | 769 | 100.0 | 769 | 100.0 | ||