Research Article
A Supportive-Educational Intervention for Heart Failure Patients in Iran: The Effect on Self-Care Behaviours
Table 1
Patient demographics.
| | | Intervention group ()
Mean ± SD or (%) | Control group ()
Mean ± SD or (%) | Statistics |
| | Age in years |
65.82 ± 9.87 |
61.63 ± 12.47 | | | df = 76 | | | Gender | | | | | Male | 24 (57.9) | 19 (47.5) | df = 1 | | Female | 16 (42.1) | 21 (52.5) | | | Educational level | | | | | Illiterate | 20 (52.6) | 26 (65) | | | Primary | 12 (31.6) | 5 (12.5) | df = 5 | | High school | 6 (19.4) | 6 (15) | | | University | 0 | 1 (2.5) | | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 0 | 2 (5) | | | Married | 31 (81.6) | 35 (87.5) | df = 3 | | Widowed, divorced | 7 (18.2) | 3 (7.5) | | | Occupation | | | | | Housewife | 16 (42.1) | 21 (52.5) | | | Employee | 1 (2.6) | 2 (5) | df = 3 | | Private | 12 (31.6) | 7 (17.5) | | | Unemployed, and so forth | 9 (22.7) | 10 (25) | |
| | Heart failure illness and treatment characteristics |
| | NYHA functional class | | | | | III | 20 (52.6) | 18 (45) | df = 1 | | IV | 18 (47.4) | 22 (55) | | | Ejection fraction |
25.73 ± 9.20 |
24.05 ± 8.94 | | | df = 75 | | | Aetiology | | | | | Ischaemic | 11 (28.9) | 15 (37.5) | | | Hypertensive & dilated | 18 (47.4) | 12 (20) | df = 6 | | Cardiomyopathy & valvular | 8 (21) | 8 (20) | | | Medication | | | | | Diuretic | 6 (15) | 4 (10) | | | Beta blockers and diuretic | 11 (28.9) | 9 (22.5) | df = 2 | | Digoxin and diuretic | 21 (55.3) | 27 (67.5) | |
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