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Table 2 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

From: Effect of acupressure on pain intensity and physiological indices in patients undergoing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: a randomized double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial

Characteristics

Intervention group (n = 36)

Sham group (n = 34)

P valued

Gender, no. (%)

  

0.238a

 Male

26 (72.22%)

20 (58.82%)

 

 Female

10 (27.78%)

14 (41.18%)

 

Level of Education, no. (%)

  

0.731c

 Primary school

11 (30.56%)

12 (35.29%)

 

 Middle school

5 (13.89%)

5 (14.71%)

 

 Diploma

14 (38.89%)

11 (32.35%)

 

 Undergraduate

4 (11.11%)

6 (17.65%)

 

 Graduate

2 (5.56%)

0 (0%)

 

Marital status, no. (%)

  

0.868a

 Single

8 (22.22%)

7 (20.59%)

 

 Marid

28 (77.78%)

27 (79.41%)

 

Stone site, no. (%)

  

0.484a

 Right

15 (41.67%)

17 (50%)

 

 Left

21 (58.33%)

17 (50%)

 

Stone location, no. (%)

  

0.823c

 Upper Calix

7 (19.44%)

5 (14.71%)

 

 Middle Calix

3 (8.34%)

6 (17.64%)

 

 Lower Calix

10 (27.78%)

10 (29.41%)

 

 Pelvis

9 (25%)

8 (23.53%)

 

 Upper ureter

7 (19.44%)

5 (14.71%)

 

Location, no. (%)

  

0.094c

 City

26 (72.22%)

30 (88.24%)

 

 Village

10 (27.78%)

4 (11.76%)

 

Success of ESWL, no. (%)

  

0.673a

 Yes

11 (30.56%)

12 (35.29%)

 

 No

25 (69.44%)

22 (64.71%)

 

Satisfaction, no. (%)

  

0.556c

 Very satisfied

10 (27.78%)

8 (23.53%)

 

 Satisfied

12 (33.33%)

8 (23.53%)

 

 Neither

10 (27.78%)

13 (38.24%)

 

 Dissatisfied

4 (11.11%)

3 (8.82%)

 

 Very dissatisfied

0 (0%)

2 (5.88%)

 

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

25.10 (2.98)

25.06 (2.68)

0.961b

Age (year), mean (SD)

44.75 (11.13)

44.23 (12.94)

0.858b

Number of shocks, mean (SD)

3552.22 (215.95)

3531.85 (229.75)

0.703b

Voltage (kV), mean (SD)

14.72 (0.84)

14.73 (0.75)

0.945b

Stone size(mm), mean (SD)

11.22 (3.24)

11.08 (3.16)

0.861b

ESWL duration (min), mean (SD)

34.08 (2.81)

33.64 (3.19)

0.546b

  1. Abbreviations: no number, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, min minutes, mm millimeters
  2. a Chi square test
  3. b independent-samples t-test
  4. c Fisher's exact test
  5. d p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant