Research Article

How Important Are Social Support, Expectations and Coping Patterns during Cardiac Rehabilitation

Table 2

Multiple linear regression of coping styles and other predictive factors on emotional status (anxiety and depression complaints) measured at short-term followup (6 months) at Krokeide Rehabilitation Centre, Bergen, Norway, included from 2000 to 2002.

VariablesAdjusted modelsaFinal model ( = 182)b
95% CI value95% CI valuec

Age (in years)0.26
Gender (male/female)0.41(0.01, 0.82)0.04
Employed (yes/no)1610.10(−0.36, 0.55)0.680.84
Cohabiting (yes/no)180−0.82(−1.28, −0.36)0.0010.31
Household income157−0.34(−0.49, −0.20)<0.001−0.21(−0.33, −0.08)0.001
Coping style
 Task183−0.58(−1.01, −0.14)0.010.16
 Emotion1830.01(−0.41, 0.44)0.960.75
 Avoid1830.57(0.14, 1.01)0.010.91
Social support 183−0.59(−0.76, −0.43)<0.001−0.53(−0.72, −0.33)<0.001
Negative expectations1830.50(0.33, 0.66)<0.0010.25(0.1, 0.4)0.01
Intercept5.13(3.7, 6.6)<0.001
Explained varianced ()
 Nonadjusted0.36
 Adjusted 0.34

: subsample size; : estimated regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval.
aEight models adjusted for age and gender.
bObtained by backward stepwise selection.
cThe nonsignificant values were retrieved from the excluded variables table of the backward stepwise selection analysis.
for final model.