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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2009;58(1):42–51. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181900ca0

Table 4.

Corrected Item-Total Correlations for the Control Attitudes Scale-Revised

Items Correlation
CHD AMI HF
1. If I do all the right things, I can successfully manage my heart condition. .50 .46 .58
2. I can do a lot of things myself to cope with my heart condition. .42 .48 .48
3. When I manage my personal life well, my heart condition does not bother me as much. .41 .37 .45
4. I have considerable ability to control my symptoms. .46 .45 .55
5. No matter what I do, or how hard I try, I just can’t seem to get relief from my symptoms. .37 .39 .34
6. I am coping effectively with my heart condition. .43 .46 .45
7. Regarding my heart problems, I feel lots of control. .44 .45 .49
8. Regarding my heart problems, I feel helpless. .40 .42 .45

Notes. CHD = coronary heart disease, HF = heart failure, AMI = acute myocardial infarction