TABLE 3.
Psychosocial characteristics by demographic background of study participants admitted at Duke Heart Center.a
| Health literacy (0-3) |
Health self-efficacy (0-4) |
Social support (0-20) |
Life stressors (0-12) |
CES-D symptoms (0-24) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| <65 | 2.36 | 3.26 | 16.59 | 3.66 | 8.20 |
| ≥65 | 2.18 | 3.20 | 16.51 | 2.56 | 7.09 |
| n | 517 | 517 | 511 | 507 | 504 |
| P value | 0.008 | 0.227 | 0.478 | <0.001 | 0.010 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2.29 | 3.21 | 16.32 | 2.82 | 7.28 |
| Female | 2.22 | 3.26 | 16.90 | 3.46 | 8.09 |
| n | 517 | 517 | 511 | 507 | 504 |
| P value | 0.201 | 0.476 | 0.659 | <0.001 | 0.069 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 2.33 | 3.25 | 16.66 | 2.89 | 7.39 |
| Nonwhite | 2.14 | 3.18 | 16.34 | 3.45 | 8.02 |
| n | 517 | 517 | 511 | 507 | 504 |
| P value | 0.004 | 0.506 | 0.274 | 0.017 | 0.157 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 2.34 | 3.27 | 17.57 | 2.81 | 6.88 |
| Not married | 2.18 | 3.18 | 15.40 | 3.37 | 8.42 |
| n | 517 | 517 | 511 | 507 | 504 |
| P value | 0.018 | 0.081 | <0.001 | 0.005 | <0.001 |
| Living arrangement | |||||
| Lives alone | 2.16 | 3.14 | 14.87 | 3.15 | 8.61 |
| Does not live alone | 2.31 | 3.26 | 17.20 | 3.04 | 7.20 |
| n | 511 | 510 | 505 | 501 | 498 |
| P value | 0.029 | 0.167 | <0.001 | 0.564 | <0.001 |
Note: P values calculated using Wilcoxon (Mann-Whitney) tests. CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale.
a
Ranges for the psychosocial measures are provided in parentheses.