Table 5. Association Between Different Self-Care Domains and Clinical Variables a, b.
| Self-Care Domains | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Care Maintenance | Self-Care Management | Self-Care Confidence | ||||
| Proper score | P Value | Proper Score | P Value | Proper Score | P Value | |
| NYHA Class | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.005 | |||
| Class I | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Class II | 11 | 39.7 | 67 | |||
| Class III | 19.6 | 25.7 | 27.7 | |||
| Class IV | 12.6 | 37.1 | 39.1 | |||
| Duration of illness | 0.2 | < 0.001 | 0.2 | |||
| < 1 year | 15.7 | 14.9 | 28.7 | |||
| 1-5 years | 21.2 | 39.9 | 36.8 | |||
| >5 years | 11.6 | 47.1 | 39.4 | |||
| Admission Cause | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||
| DHF | 17.2 | 30.1 | 34.5 | |||
| Arrhythmias | 26.1 | 32.3 | 41.3 | |||
| Infection episode | 5 | 50 | 15 | |||
| ACS | 10.6 | 29.4 | 31.9 | |||
| Comorbid Conditions | ||||||
| DM | 16.3 | 0.8 | 32.8 | 0.7 | 27.5 | 0.1 |
| HTN | 10.3 | 0.03 | 27.7 | 0.3 | 18.6 | < 0.001 |
| CLD | 10.5 | 0.4 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 36.8 | 0.7 |
| CRF | 11.3 | 0.2 | 49 | 0.003 | 43.4 | 0.1 |
| Malignancy | 9.1 | 0.4 | 62.5 | 0.05 | 18.2 | 0.2 |
a Abbreviations: ACS; acute coronary syndrome, CLD; chronic lung disease, CRF; chronic renal failure, DHF; decompensated heart failure, DM; diabetes mellitus, HTN; hypertension, NYHA; New York heart association.
b Data are presented as %.