Research Article
Pilot Program to Improve Self-Management of Patients with Heart Failure by Redesigning Care Coordination
Table 2
Baseline study participant data.
| | Baseline characteristics | Intervention group | Standard care group | value |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 64.65 (20) | 68.45 (20) | 0.21 | | Male, % | 95.00 (19) | 100.0 (20) | 1.00 | | White, % | 75.00 (15) | 75.00 (15) | 1.00 | | African American, % | 0.00 (0) | 10.00 (2) | 0.49 | | Race, other, % | 25.00 (5) | 15.00 (3) | 0.69 | | Non-Hispanic, % | 75.00 (15) | 90.00 (18) | 0.41 | | Married, % | 50.00 (10) | 45.00 (9) | 0.75 | | Ever smokers, % | 60.00 (12) | 70.00 (14) | 0.51 | | Primary care appointment within 14 days of discharge, %, | 50.00 (10) | 45.00 (9) | 1.00 | | Troponin (TNI), mean (SD) | 0.04 (0.03) | 0.07 (0.09) | 0.168 | | Creatinine, mean (SD) | 1.31 (0.63) | 1.21 (0.40) | 0.551 | | Brain type natriuretic peptide (BNP), mean (SD) | 908.42 (900.42) | 765.97 (706.33) | 0.581 | | Sodium (NA), mean (SD) | 138.90 (3.99) | 140.60 (3.38) | 0.154 | | Hemoglobin (HGB), mean (SD) | 12.53 (1.96) | 12.27 (1.67) | 0.655 | | Ejection fraction (EF), mean (SD) | 34.42 (16.47) | 29.75 (12.88) | 0.325 | | Heart rate, mean (SD) | 78.35 (21.09) | 88.85 (23.61) | 0.146 | | Systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean (SD) | 136.75 (26.06) | 124.25 (19.16) | 0.093 | | Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 31.48 (8.57) | 33.12 (8.80) | 0.555 |
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