Research Article
Validation of a Chinese Version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-Item Scale in Patients with Hypertension in Primary Care
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample.
| | | Total (%) | Test
(%) | Retest
(%) |
| | Age | | | | | 35–64 | 138 (52.6) | 73 (54.1) | 65 (51.2) | | 65–83 | 124 (47.3) | 62 (45.9) | 62 (48.8) | | Mean (SD) | 63.4 (±9.7) | 62.9 (±10.5) | 64.0 (±8.7) | | Gender | | | | | Male | 73 (27.9) | 46 (34.1) | 27 (21.3) | | Female | 189 (72.1) | 89 (65.9) | 100 (78.7) | | Level of education | | | | | ≤6 years | 196 (74.8) | 94 (69.6) | 102 (80.3) | | >6 years | 66 (25.2) | 41 (30.4) | 25 (19.7) | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 228 (87.0) | 119 (88.1) | 109 (85.8) | | Others | 34 (13.0) | 16 (11.9) | 18 (14.2) | | Smoking status | | | | | Yes | 56 (21.4) | 30 (22.2) | 26 (20.5) | | No | 206 (78.6) | 105 (77.8) | 101 (79.5) | | Years of hypertension, mean (SD) | 8.6 (±7.2) | 7.5 (±6.4) | 9.6 (±7.8)* | | HADS, mean (SD) | 8.9 (±6.4) | 8.6 (±6.1) | 9.1 (±6.7) | HADS depression,
mean (SD) | 4.5 (±3.5) | 4.3 (±3.3) | 4.6 (±3.6) | HADS anxiety,
mean (SD) | 4.4 (±3.8) | 4.3 (±3.6) | 4.5 (±4.0) |
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Significant at the 0.05 level.
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