Family-Centered Interventions and Quality of Life of Clients with Ostomy

Table 2

Relative and absolute frequency of caregivers of the experimental and control groups based on the demographics.

Variables		Control N (%)	Experimental N (%)	X^2/Fisher	value
Gender	Male; Female	14 (40); 21 (60)	17 (48.6); 18 (51.4)	0.521	0.47
Marital status	Unmarried; Married	6 (17.1); 29 (82.9)	13 (37.1); 22 (62.9)	3.54	0.06
Relation with clients	Parents; child; Sibling	0 (0); 32 (91.4); 3 (8.6)	3 (8.6); 27 (77.1); 5 (14.3)	3.9
Job	Nonemployee; Housewife; Employed; Self-employed	8 (22.9); 12 (34.3); 9 (25.7); 6 (17.1)	6 (17.1); 12 (34.3); 5 (14.3); 12 (34.3)	3.42	0.33
Educational status	Elementary level; High school; Higher education	12 (3.3); 13 (37.1); 10 (28.6)	14 (40); 13 (37.1); 8 (22.9)	0.37	0.83

Exact chi-square test. Exact Fisher test.