Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in two groups.

From: Effects of technology-supported brain breaks videos on exercise self-efficacy among type 2 diabetes mellitus Malaysians

Characteristics

Intervention

Control

p-value

Frequencies

Percentage

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Frequencies

Percentage

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Gender

        

0.208c

Male

18

48.6%

  

21

63.6%

   

Female

19

51.4%

  

12

36.4%

   

Age

  

56.00 (10.00)

   

63.00 (8.00)

 

 < 0.001b

Ethnicity

        

0.242d

Malay

34

91.9%

  

29

87.9%

   

Chinese

3

8.1%

  

1

3.0%

   

Indian

0

0%

  

1

3.0%

   

Others

0

0%

  

2

6.1%

   

Occupation

         

Working/Business

20

54.1%

  

11

33.3%

  

0.197c

Pensioners

8

21.6%

  

11

33.3%

   

Not working/Housewife

9

24.3%

  

11

33.3%

   

Diabetic period

         

Less than 5 years

3

8.1%

  

4

12.1%

  

0.078d

 ≥ 5 years

7

18.9%

  

1

3.0%

   

 ≥ 10 years

18

48.6%

  

14

42.4%

   

 ≥ 20 years

9

24.3%

  

14

42.4%

   

HbA1c (n = 65)

   

80.11 (3.74)

   

76.23 (4.26)

0.529a

BMI

  

28.06 (5.90)

   

26.59 (6.19)

 

0.489b

  1. aIndependent t-test, bMann–Whitney test, cPearson’s chi-squared test, dFisher exact test.
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