Symptomatology and Coping Resources Predict Self-Care Behaviors in Middle to Older Age Patients with Heart Failure

Table 2

Study instruments: descriptive statistics.

Scale	Subscales used	Possible range	Actual range	Mean (SD)
Heart Failure Symptom Survey (HFSS)	Frequency of heart failure symptoms	0–10	0–8	1.98 (1.64)
	Severity of heart failure symptoms	0–10	0–7.86	1.69 (1.62)
	Heart failure symptom-related degree of interference with physical activity	0–10	0–7.43	1.20 (1.47)
	Heart failure symptom-related degree of interference with enjoyment of life	0–10	0–7.64	1.14 (1.58)
Grant and Graven Social Network Survey (GGSNS)	Total scale	12–84	12–84	56.46 (18.73)
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12 (ISEL-12)	Appraisal support	0–12	0–12	9.74 (3.05)
	Tangible support	0–12	0–12	10.30 (2.47)
	Belonging support	0–12	0–12	9.05 (3.02)
Social Problem-Solving Inventory Revised-Short (SPSIR-S)	Positive problem orientation (PPO)	0–20	5–20	14.27 (3.80)
	Rational problem-solving (RPS)	0–20	0–20	12.95 (4.50)
	Negative problem orientation (NPO)	0–20	0–20	12.89 (6.51)
	Impulsivity/carelessness style (ICS)	0–20	0–20	12.68 (5.98)
	Avoidance style (AS)	0–20	0–20	12.87 (6.39)
European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale-9 (EHFScBS-9)	Total scale (response variable)	9–45	9–45	25.65 (7.54)