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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 5.

Item Descriptive Statistics for the Control Attitudes Scale-Revised in the Coronary Heart Disease, Myocardial Infarction, and Heart Failure Patient Samples

Item** Number* Item Mean (SD) 95% Confidence Intervals for the Mean
CHD HF MI CHD HF MI
1 3.90 (.80) 3.81 (.97) 4.10 (.78) 3.87–3.92 3.85–3.97 4.00–4.20
2 4.13 (.66) 3.93 (.75) 4.20 (.66) 4.11–4.15 3.81–4.05 4.11–4.22
3 3.79 (.78) 3.51 (.99) 3.76 (.88) 3.76–3.81 3.35–3.68 3.68–3.83
4 3.56 (.88) 3.46 (.99) 3.68 (.92) 3.53–3.59 3.29–3.62 3.60–3.76
5 3.80 (.88) 3.47 (1.0) 3.51 (.96) 3.78–3.82 3.29–3.64 3.42–3.60
6 3.99 (.66) 3.81 (.75) 3.82 (.72) 3.97–4.02 3.68–3.93 3.76–3.88
7 3.41 (1.1) 3.10 (1.2) 2.97 (1.2) 3.37–3.44 2.89–3.27 2.86–3.07
8 3.70 (1.2) 3.26 (1.3) 3.13 (1.1) 3.66–3.74 3.04–3.48 3.01–3.25
*

Notes. refer to Table 4 for actual items;

**

possible range for each item is 1 to 5 and actual range for each item in all groups is 1–5; CHD = coronary heart disease, HF = heart failure, MI = myocardial infarction.