Table 2

	Group				Mann- Whitney	p-value
	Study (n=30)		Control (n=30)
	No.	%	No.	%
Systolic blood pressure:
Range	110.0-180.0		110.0-170.0
Mean±SD	126.3±14.0		124.7±13.3		0.51	0.47
Diastolic blood pressure:
Range	70.0-120.0		70.0-120.0
Mean±SD	85.7±10.7		85.7±12.2		0.07	0.80
Pulse:
Range	70.0-100.0		80.0-110.0
Mean±SD	90.0±6.9		92.0±5.5		0.89	0.35
Respiratory rate:
Range	22.0-28.0		22.0-28.0
Mean±SD	22.9±1.7		22.5±1.3		0.92	0.34
Temperature:
Range	38.0-39.0		38.0-38.0
Mean±SD	38.1±0.3		38.0±0.0		3.11	0.08

Table 2: Pre-intervention vital signs of patients in the study and control groups.