Research Article

The Effect of Listening to Holy Quran Recital on Pain and Length of Stay Post-CABG: A Randomized Control Trial

Table 1

Patient characteristics, intervention, and control groups. (N = 132).

CharacteristicsN (%) or mean ± SDt or Chi-square
Total sampleIntervention (n = 66)Control (n = 66)

Age67.1 ± 9.667.7 ± 8.366.5 ± 10.70.6NS
Gender
 Male69 (52.3)38 (57.6)31 (47.0)1.1NS
 Female63 (47.7)28 (42.4)35 (53.0)
Marital status
 Married83 (62.9)44(66.7)39 (59.1)2.7NS
 Single/divorced/widowed49 (37.1)22 (33.3)27 (40.9)
History of smoking
 Never smoked41 (31.1)21 (31.8)20 (20.3)2.3NS
 Current smoker37 (28.0)20 (30.3)17 (25.8)
 Former smoker54 (40.9)25 (37.9)29 (43.9)
History of HTN100 (75.8)55 (83.3)45 (68.1)3.90.04
History of DM60 (45.6)34 (51.5)26 (39.4)0.1NS
History of HF34 (65.0)17 (25.8)17 (25.8)0.002NS
LVEF46.2 ± 8.046.3 ± 8.546.1 ± 7.60.4NS
BMI (kg/m2)26.1 ± 4.926.2 ± 5.525.9 ± 4.20.5NS

BMI: body mass index, DM: diabetes miletus, HTN: hypertension, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, NS: not significant, SD: standard deviation.