There were no significant differences between the case and control groups with respect to age, sex, occupational status,
educational level, height, weight, smoking habits and stage of disease (p>0.05).
Table 1
compares the mean fatigue score in case and control group participants at the pre- and post-test stages within and between the groups. This shows the effect of intervention on the level of fatigue. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used after statistical control of the pre-test effect and found that home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation had a significant effect on the dependent variable (fatigue) (p