Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants (n = 386)
Characteristics | Categories | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Demography | aAge (years) | 60–96 | 69(11) |
Gender | Male | 226(58.5) | |
Female | 160(41.5) | ||
Level of education | Never went to school | 227(58.8) | |
Primary | 90(23.3) | ||
Secondary | 38(9.8) | ||
Higher secondary | 24(6.2) | ||
Graduation and above | 7(1.8) | ||
Marital Status | Unmarried | 4(1.0) | |
Married | 255(66.1) | ||
Divorced | 3(0.8) | ||
Widowed | 103(26.7) | ||
Separated | 21(5.4) | ||
Illness | Types of disease | Hypertension | 126(32.6) |
Diabetes | 68(17.6) | ||
Asthma | 45(11.7) | ||
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 14(3.6) | ||
Multiple diseases | 75(19.4) | ||
Others | 58(15.0) | ||
Duration of diseases | More than 6 months | 29(7.5) | |
More than 1 years | 64(16.6) | ||
More than 2 years | 75(19.4) | ||
More than 3 years | 218(56.5) | ||
Lifestyle | Alcohol consumption | Yes | 66(17.1) |
No | 320(82.9) | ||
Smoking | Yes | 95(24.6) | |
No | 291(75.4) | ||
Chewing tobacco | Yes | 53(13.7) | |
No | 333(86.3) | ||
Go for morning/evening walk or do yoga | Yes | 189(49.0) | |
No | 197(51.0) | ||