Table 7.
HF and Diabetes Self-care (Unadjusted Means and SDs or Frequencies and Percents)
| Measure | Baseline | 30 Days | 90 Days | |||
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| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) |
n | Mean (SD) | |
| SCHFI–Maintenance (Cα=0.77) | 53 | 67.1 (19.4) | 44 | 82.9 (12.5) |
39 | 79.1 (14.9) |
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| Usual Care | 15 | 67.8 (23.7) | 9 | 83.0 (18.4) |
11 | 76.1 (18.0) |
| Intervention | 38 | 66.8 (17.9) | 35 | 82.8 (10.9) |
28 | 80.3 (13.6) |
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| SCHFI–Management* (Cα=0.73) | 53 | 68.4 (23.7) | 29 | 76.7 (18.4) |
26 | 76.9 (19.9) |
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| Usual Care | 15 | 65.3 (23.1) | 4 | 80.0 (4.1) | 6 | 72.5 (17.0) |
| Intervention | 38 | 69.6 (24.1) | 25 | 76.2 (19.8) |
20 | 78.3 (20.9) |
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| SDSCA–General Diet (Cα=0.80) | 57 | 4.94 (1.9) | 50 | 5.76 (1.2) | 48 | 5.22 (1.5) |
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| Usual Care | 14 | 5.07 (1.3) | 12 | 6.17 (1.0) | 13 | 4.73 (1.9) |
| Intervention | 43 | 4.90 (2.1) | 38 | 5.63 (1.2) | 35 | 5.40 (1.3) |
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| SDSCA-Specific Diet (Cα=0.06) | 59 | 4.41 (1.6) | 50 | 4.84 (1.4) | 48 | 4.74 (1.5) |
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| Usual Care | 15 | 4.43 (1.4) | 12 | 5.13 (1.0) | 13 | 4.35 (1.4) |
| Intervention | 44 | 4.40 (1.7) | 38 | 4.75 (1.5) | 35 | 4.89 (1.5) |
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| count/n | (%) | count/n | (%) | count/n | (%) | |
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| SDSCA–Exercise [%>0]†
(Cα=0.78) |
33/58 | (56.9 %) | 42/51 | (82.4 %) | 35/46 | (76.1 %) |
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| Usual Care | 9/14 | (64.3 %) | 9/12 | (75.0 %) | 10/13 | (76.9 %) |
| Intervention | 24/44 | (54.5 %) | 33/39 | (84.6 %) | 25/33 | (75.8 %) |
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| SDSCA–Blood Glucose [%=7]†
(Cα=0.87) |
34/58 | (58.6 %) | 30/51 | (58.8 %) | 23/46 | (50.0 %) |
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| Usual Care | 7/15 T | (46.7 %) | 9/12 | (75.0 %) | 6/13 | (46.2 %) |
| Intervention | 27/43 | (62.8 %) | 21/39 | (53.8 %) | 17/33 | (51.5 %) |
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| SDSCA–Foot Care [%=7]†
(Cα=0.53) |
21/59 | (35.6 %) | 21/51 | (41.2 %) | 27/46 | (58.7 %) |
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| Usual Care | 5/15 | (33.3 %) | 4/12 | (33.3 %) | 6/13 | (46.2 %) |
| Intervention | 16/44 | (36.4 %) | 17/39 | (43.6 %) | 21/33 | (63.6 %) |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; Cα, Cronbach’s alpha reliability
*
SCHFI-Management scores calculated only on subjects who answered yes to item 11, “In the past month, have you had trouble breathing or ankle swelling?”
†
SDSCA – Exercise, -Blood Glucose and –Foot Care were dichotomized since the underlying distributions were highly skewed with the majority of the scores either zero and non-zero for exercise and <7 or =7 for Blood Glucose and Foot Care.