The effectiveness of a web-based information-knowledge-attitude-practice continuous intervention on the psychological status, medical compliance, and quality of life of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a parallel randomized clinical trial

Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristic of CAD patients undergone CABG operation between the two groups (n = 174)

Items	Control group (n = 87)	WIKAP group (n = 87)	t/x²	P
Age (years), Mean ± SD	60.80 ± 9.39	61.09 ± 8.08	0.283	0.778
Gender, No. (%)
Female	36 (41.38)	39 (44.83)	0.211	0.646
Male	51(58.62)	48 (55.17)
BMI (kg/m²), Mean ± SD	23.62 ± 2.05	24.09 ± 2.09	1.505	0.134
Education level, No. (%)
Middle school or less	57 (65.52)	49 (56.32)	1.545	0.214
High school or above	30 (34.48)	38 (43.68)
Marital status
Married	59 (67.82)	68 (78.16)	2.361	0.124
Single/Widowed/Divorced	28 (32.18)	19 (21.84)
Employment status, No. (%)
Employed	34 (39.08)	41 (47.13)	1.148	0.284
Unemployed	53 (60.92)	46 (52.87)
Annual household income, No. (%)
< 30,000	19 (21.84)	23 (26.44)	1.616	0.446
30,000–50,000	36 (41.38)	28 (32.18)
>50,000	32 (36.78)	36 (41.38)
Living location, No. (%)
Urban	46 (52.87)	51 (68.62)	0.582	0.445
Rural	41 (47.13)	36 (41.38)
NYHA classification, No. (%)
I-II	58 (66.67)	52 (59.77)	0.890	0.346
III	29 (33.33)	35 (40.23)
Lesion vessels, No. (%)
1	5 (5.75)	4 (4.60)	0.861	0.650
2	48 (55.17)	54 (62.07)
≥3	34 (39.08)	29 (33.33)
CAD risk factors, No (%)
Hypertension	49 (56.32)	43 (49.43)	0.830	0.362
Hyperlipidemia^a	35 (40.23)	45 (51.72)	2.314	0.128
Diabetes	28 (32.18)	20 (22.99)	1.841	0.175
Smoker history	38 (43.68)	48 (55.17)	2.299	0.129
Family history of CAD	19 (21.84)	12 (13.79)	1.923	0.166
LVEF, No. (%)
<50%	30 (34.48)	24 (27.59)	0.967	0.326
≥50%	57 (65.52)	63 (72.41)

Notes: Statistical analysis was calculated by Student’s t-test or Chi-square test. BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD, coronary heart disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York heart association; SD, standard deviation; WIKAP, web-based Information-Knowledge-Attitude-Practice. ^aHyperlipidemia was defined as total cholesterol ≥ 6.22 mmol/L, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > 4.14 mmol/L, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol < 1.04 mmol/L, or triglyceride ≥ 2.26 mmol/L

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