Research Article
Gender Differences in the Influence of Social Support on One-Year Changes in Functional Status in Older Patients with Heart Failure
Table 1
Comparison of baseline characteristics of participants who completed 12-month questionnaires to those who were lost to followup or died.
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| | | | | | Completers | Noncompleters |
| | Age | | | | | Mean (SD) | 77.5 (6.6) | 78.7 (7.3) | .087 | | | (%) | (%) | | | Gender | | | | | Female | 81 (36.2) | 83 (39.3) | .495 | | Male | 143 (63.3) | 128 (60.7) | | | Marital status | | | | | Single/widowed/divorced | 89 (39.7) | 91 (43.1) | .472 | | Married/common-law | 135 (60.3) | 120 (56.9) | | | Annual combined income | | | .067 | | ≤$40,000 | 131 (64,5) | 124 (73.4) | | | >$40,000 | 72 (35.5) | 45 (26.6) | | | LV ejection fraction | | | .399 | | ≤40% | 96 (51.6) | 84 (47.2) | | | >40% | 90 (48.4) | 94 (52.8) | | | Comorbid conditions | | | .193 | | 0–2 comorbidities | 113 (57.1) | 98 (50.5) | | | >2 comorbidities | 85 (42.9) | 96 (49.5) | |
| | Social support subscale scores | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| | Emotional/information | 74.1 (26.7) | 70.2 (27.7) | .130 | | Tangible | 78.2 (26.9) | 75.5 (31.7) | .334 | | Affectionate | 81.7 (28.1) | 79.4 (30.2) | .417 | | Positive social interaction | 75.0 (30.1) | 67.1 (33.5) | .012 | | Overall | 76.0 (24.7) | 71.7 (27.1) | .082 | | Functional scores | | | | | KCCQ PL Score | 52.4 (25.3) | 46.6 (26.4) | .026 | | SF-12-PCS | 30.3 (8.3) | 29.7 (8.3) | .455 |
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