Table 3.

Pearson chi-square results of the percentage of participants who endorsed each stressor item on the Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ) as “Somewhat/Very Stressful” within each age category, NYHA class and sex.

	Age				NYHA Class			Sex
RSQ Item	Adolescents	Emerging Adults	Young Adults	χ2	I	>I	χ2	Male	Female	χ2
A. Future Health	23.5%	46.2%	49.5%	7.04*	40.5%	51.0%	1.57	37.3%	48.4%	2.10
B. Children	20.0%	33.3%	28.9%	1.69	19.0%	50.0%	16.83**	26.3%	29.5%	0.21
C. Future Care	2.9%	17.9%	17.9%	4.99	10.8%	24.5%	5.15*	12.0%	17.0%	0.83
D. Cost of Care	8.8%	28.9%	29.9%	6.21*	19.3%	40.0%	7.93**	31.1%	21.1%	2.21
E. Activities	22.9%	51.3%	40.6%	6.38‡	38.0%	42.9%	0.34	36.0%	42.1%	0.65
F. Appointments	2.9%	15.4%	20.2%	5.67	9.2%	31.3%	12.60**	15.1%	16.0%	0.03
G. Understanding	2.9%	13.5%	23.7%	8.31*	13.3%	26.5%	4.26*	20.0%	14.9%	0.77
H. Scaring	23.5%	53.8%	40.6%	6.96‡	36.1%	50.0%	2.82	35.5%	44.1%	1.27
I. Comm	20.0%	28.2%	14.4%	3.52	14.9%	28.0%	4.00*	15.8%	21.1%	0.77
J. Work/School	5.7%	15.4%	18.9%	3.44	8.3%	32.7%	15.81**	14.5%	16.1%	0.09
K. Device†	0.0%	60.0%	70.8%	4.10	64.3%	64.7%	0.01	71.4%	58.8%	0.53
L. Medication†	6.3%	13.6%	18.9%	1.69	13.0%	20.9%	1.22	29.2%	6.3%	10.68**
M. Sexual Dysfunction	0.0%	10.3%	18.8%	8.33*	7.4%	26.5%	11.28**	17.1%	9.6%	2.11

^†The sample size for the Pearson chi-square analyses ranged from 167–171 with the exception of items K and L, which included only those participants who have a device (n = 31) and took medication (n = 112), respectively.

^‡Results were no longer statistically significant after applying the Benjamini and Hochberg procedure to control family wise error.

^*p≤0.05;

^**p≤0.01

NYHA = New York Heart Association