Table 6.

Difference in Coping Use and Effectiveness by Patient Characteristics

	5 Years Post HT				10 Years Post HT
	Frequency Score†		Effectiveness Score†		Frequency Score†		Effectiveness Score†
Characteristics	Positive coping	Negative coping	Positive coping	Negative coping	Positive coping	Negative coping	Positive coping	Negative coping
Age
< 60	0.56	0.31	0.67	0.42	0.48	0.22	0.68	0.39
≥ 60	0.50	0.25	0.70	0.45	0.46	0.19	0.65	0.38
p value*	0.0819	0.0240	0.3173	0.2342	0.7156	0.4050	0.4200	0.7512
Gender
Female	0.60	0.35	0.68	0.41	0.52	0.26	0.70	0.41
Male	0.52	0.27	0.68	0.43	0.47	0.20	0.67	0.38
p value	0.0637	0.0047	0.9967	0.6057	0.3870	0.1633	0.3923	0.6318
Marital status
Married	0.53	0.27	0.68	0.43	0.47	0.20	0.69	0.41
Not married	0.56	0.31	0.69	0.44	0.50	0.25	0.64	0.31
p value	0.4290	0.1849	0.7329	0.6976	0.7251	0.2586	0.2449	0.0318
Education
≤ high school	0.54	0.28	0.69	0.45	0.49	0.24	0.68	0.44
> high school	0.54	0.29	0.67	0.42	0.47	0.20	0.67	0.35
p value	0.9726	0.6552	0.4772	0.3395	0.5829	0.2594	0.7824	0.0186
Diabetes
Yes	0.52	0.29	0.65	0.38	0.49	0.20	0.68	0.45
No	0.54	0.28	0.69	0.45	0.47	0.22	0.68	0.36
p value	0.6004	0.8432	0.1356	0.0080	0.7951	0.7127	0.8673	0.0376
Psychological problems
Yes	0.57	0.36	0.62	0.40	0.59	0.34	0.62	0.33
No	0.53	0.26	0.70	0.44	0.45	0.18	0.69	0.40
p value	0.3224	0.0002	0.0009	0.1826	0.0427	0.0004	0.1026	0.1313
Rejection
Yes	0.57	0.31	0.68	0.42	0.48	0.21	0.68	0.38
No	0.46	0.22	0.68	0.45	0.47	0.22	0.68	0.42
p value	0.0049	0.0018	0.9796	0.2919	0.8940	0.8557	0.9537	0.4013
Infection
Yes	0.52	0.27	0.70	0.45	0.48	0.21	0.68	0.37
No	0.55	0.30	0.66	0.42	0.48	0.21	0.68	0.40
p value	0.2915	0.2472	0.0891	0.3022	0.9879	0.9465	0.9799	0.3336
CAD
Yes	0.52	0.29	0.69	0.45	0.51	0.22	0.68	0.41
No	0.55	0.28	0.68	0.42	0.43	0.20	0.67	0.36
p value	0.4999	0.7812	0.6944	0.2797	0.1167	0.5854	0.6542	0.1748

^*Two-sample t-test

^†standardized scale of 0.00 to 1.00