Effect of a Lifestyle-Based Intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults with Hypertension
Table 4
Hierarchical multiple regression analyses predicting change in health-related quality of life (MCS; post – baseline) according to lifestyle-based intervention, stress, and social support ().
Independent variable
βa
Step 1: demographic variables
0.05
Education
Less than high school graduateb
High school graduate
0.03
Some college or technical school
0.13
Four years of college or more
0.10
Gender
Maleb
Female
−0.13
Race
Whiteb
African American
0.02
Hispanic/Latino
−0.01
Asian
0.01
Others
0.01
Age (years)
0.06
Monthly income
$0–$999b
$1,000–$1,999
0.03
$2,000–$2,999
0.00
$3,000 or more
−0.01
Step 2
0.26
MCS at baseline (points)
−0.66
Step 3
<0.01
Control groupb
Intervention group
0.07
Step 4
0.08
Stress at baseline (points)
−0.27
Change in stress
−0.28
Social support at baseline (points)
0.07
Change in social support
0.05
Total
0.39
Note. MCS: mental component summary. aβ shown is for the last step. bReference category. ;;.