Compound lidocaine cream with warm compress for pain relief in ultrasound-guided peripherally inserted central catheter placement for cancer patients

Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics (n = 88), n (%)

Variables	Control (n = 44)	Intervention (n = 44)	t/χ²	P value
Age (year), mean ± SD	74.77 ± 2.43	65.30 ± 2.77	1.927	0.163
Gender (male)	22 (50.0)	19 (43.2)	0.412	0.521
Married	44 (100)	44 (100)	0.000	1.000
Smoking/alcohol habit	1 (2.3)	2 (4.5)	0.337	0.563
Chronic diseases			1.067	0.785
None	13 (29.5)	10 (22.7)
One	14 (31.8)	18 (40.9)
Two	12 (27.3)	12 (27.3)
Three	5 (11.4)	4 (9.1)