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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Mar 6;11(2):223–230. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.03.007

Table 1.

Sample demographics (N = 80)

Variable n %
Gender
  Male 51 64
  Female 29 36
Age
  < 50 4 5
  50–59 8 10
  60–69 15 19
  70–79 33 41
  80–89 19 24
  > 90 1 1
Years of education
  < 12 9 11
  ≥12 71 89
Etiology
  Systolic 47 59
  Diastolic 33 41
LVEF
  ≤40 51 64
  > 41 29 36
NYHA Class
  I 2 3
  II 34 42
  III 43 54
  IV 1 1
# Medications
  ≤5 2 3
  6–10 37 46
  11–15 34 42
  ≥16 7 9