Table 1 The demographic characteristics of the patients in the LST and CVPT groups (n = 60).

From: The comparison of two types of physiotherapy techniques on selected weaning indices of patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a single blind randomized controlled trial

Variables

LST (n = 30)

CVPT (n = 30)

P-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

N (%)

N (%)

Age

51.1 ± 15.44

51.66 ± 15.21

0.423*

Gender

  

0.79#

Male

17 (56.7)

16 (53.3)

 

Female

13 (43.3)

14 (46.7)

 

Marital status

  

0.52#

Single

5 (16.7)

7 (23.3)

 

Married

25 (83.3)

23 (76.7)

 

Educational level

  

0.55

Primary school

1 (3.3)

2 (6.7)

 

Secondary school

7 (23.3)

7 (23.3)

 

High school

15 (50)

10 (33.3)

 

Academic education

7 (23.3)

11 (36.7)

 

Occupation

  

0.77

Self-employed

14 (46.7)

17 (56.7)

 

Employee

5 (16.7)

4 (13.3)

 

Housewife

11 (36.7)

9 (30)

 
  1. n: number, SD: Standard deviation, LST: Lung Squeezing Technique, CVPT: Chest Vibration and Percussion Technique, *: Independent Samples t-test, #: Chi-squared test, ¶: Fisher’s exact test