The Effect of Face-to-Face Education and Educational Booklet on Heart Health Indexes of the Hospitalized Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

Determination and comparison of level of anxiety, body mass index, cholesterol, blood pressure, and quitting smoking four months after education in the patients with myocardial infarction in the case and the control groups.

Specifications	Case group	Control group	Test results
Body mass index (%)
Normal	38.7	40	𝑃 value = 0.676; 𝜒^2=0.782
Extra weight	53.2	56
Fat	8.1	4
Smoking (%)
Yes	11.3	30	* 𝑃 value = 0.013
No	88.7	70	𝜒^2=9.138
Cholesterol level (%)
Normal	87.1	36	* 𝑃 value ≤ 0.0001
Abnormal	12.9	64	𝜒^2=3.476
Systolic blood pressure (%)
Normal	95.2	76	* 𝑃 value = 0.003
Abnormal	4.8	24	𝜒^2=8.761
Systolic blood pressure (𝑋±SD)	125±12.73	131±19.67	𝑇 = 1.501; 𝑃 value = 0.137
Diastolic blood pressure (%)
Normal	98.4	90	𝜒^2=0.087
Abnormal	1.6	10	𝑃 value = 3.840
Diastolic blood pressure (𝑋±SD)	124±17.08	131±19.67	𝑇 = 1.644; 𝑃 value = 0.103
Anxiety status (%)
No anxiety	48.4	30
Low anxiety	32.3	34	𝜒^2= 0.127
Average anxiety	16.1	26	𝑃 value = 5.700
High anxiety	3.2	10

∗The obtained 𝑃 is significant.