Table 6.

Determinants of Self-Care Confidence by Gender

	Men (n=1180)			Women (n=722)
	Self-Care Confidence
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Age	−.001		ns	−.057		ns
Married	.584		ns	.048		ns
≥ HS Equivalent	5.111	2.568 to 7.653	<.001	3.278		ns
Comorbid Cat.	−1.191	−1.893 to −.490	.001	−.076		ns
HF ≤ 2 Months	−1.689	−3.234 to −.143	.032	−.548		ns
NYHA Class	−2.760	−3.913 to −1.607	<.001	−1.941	−3.618 to −.263	.023
Diastolic HF	−.948		ns	−3.070	−4.652 to −1.487	<.001
HF Etiology	−.774		ns	1.213		ns
Country	−6.357	−8.428 to −4.285	<.001	−6.695	−9.240 to −4.150	<.001
	Adequate Self-Care Confidence
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Age	1.000		ns	.996		ns
Married	1.115		ns	.817		ns
≥ HS Equivalent	1.857	1.388–2.484	<.001	1.241		ns
Comorbid Cat.	.883	.814–.958	.003	.969		ns
HF ≤ 2 Months	.870		ns	1.003		ns
NYHA Class	.766	.670–.876	<.001	.857		ns
Diastolic HF	.949		ns	.761	.637–.909	.003
HF Etiology	.907		ns	1.014		ns
Country	.591	.463–.754	<.001	.647	.514–.883	.004

Note: β= adjusted regression slope coefficient, CI = confidence interval, Cat. = category of the Charlson comorbidity index, HF = heart failure, HS = high school equivalent educations, ns = not significant, NYHA = New York Heart Association, OR = odds ratio.