Table 4. Association analysis between the selected variables and the Self-Care HeartFailure Index, self-care management subscale, Brazilian version (N=116). São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2014.
| Variables | Self-care maintenance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | Median | p* Value | |
| Gender | 0.663 | |||
| Male | 48.0 | 22.1 | 35.0 | |
| Female | 52.1 | 18.2 | 40.0 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.271 | |||
| White | 52 | 20.3 | 50.0 | |
| Black | 44.7 | 18.8 | 40.0 | |
| Brown | 50.5 | 22.9 | 45.0 | |
| CCI† | 0.942 | |||
| Low | 46.1 | 21.5 | 50.0 | |
| Moderate | 50.1 | 20.2 | 45.0 | |
| High | 53.7 | 19.7 | 57.5 | |
| NYHA | 0.069 | |||
| I | 41.2 | 16.2 | 30.0 | |
| II | 45.4 | 21.5 | 37.5 | |
| III | 57.2 | 18.1 | 57.5 | |
| Type of healthcare | 0.098 | |||
| Medical and nursing consultation | 55.4 | 20.1 | 45.0 | |
| Medical consultation | 45.4 | 19.5 | 35.0 | |
*ANCOVA test
†Charlson Comorbidity Index