Table 2.
Distribution of patients according to categories and average values of BREST scores in experimental and control groups.
| BREST Score | Experimental Group (n = 40) |
Control Group (n = 40) |
Complete (n = 80) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| BREST score categories | |||||||
| Absence of HF | 14 | 35.0 | 39 | 97.5 | 53 | 66.3 | <0.001 * |
| Possible HF—low risk | 11 | 27.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 12 | 15.0 | |
| Possible HF—high risk | 13 | 32.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 16.3 | |
| Presence of HF | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| BREST score, AV ± SD | 4.47 ± 2.60 | 1.00 ± 0.98 | 2.73 ± 2.62 | <0.001 ** | |||
HF—Heart Failure, AV—Average Value, SD—Standard Deviation; * chi-square test, ** Mann–Whitney test; p—statistical significance, significant p-values bolded.