Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Patients with Heart Failure (N=168)
| Characteristics | M (SD) or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (year) | 58.7 (±12.5) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 62 (36.9) |
| Race | |
| Black | 58 (36.0) |
| Asian and Other | 52 (32.3) |
| White | 51 (31.7) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 60 (36.4) |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 105 (63.6) |
| Spanish Speaking Interview | 33 (19.6) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 58 (34.5) |
| Married | 64 (38.1) |
| Divorced/separated | 22 (13.1) |
| Widowed | 14 (8.3) |
| Living with domestic partner | 10 (6.0) |
| Financial Status | |
| Not having enough income to make ends meet | 73 (43.7) |
| Having enough to make ends meet | 70 (42.0) |
| Having more than enough to make ends meet | 24 (14.3) |
| Highest Level of Education | |
| Graduate degree | 16 (9.5) |
| College | 79 (47.0) |
| High school | 73 (43.5) |
| Health Literacy | |
| Adequate | 88 (52.4) |
| Inadequate | 80 (47.6) |
| Patient Activation | |
| High activation | 119 (70.8) |
| Low activation | 49 (29.2) |
| Type of Heart Failure | |
| Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction | 111(68.5) |
| Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction | 40 (24.7) |
| Mixed | 11(6.8) |
| NYHA Class | |
| II | 39 (23.2) |
| III | 81 (48.2) |
| IV | 48 (28.6) |
| Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction | |
| >50% | 49 (30.4) |
| 40–50% | 8 (5.0) |
| <40% | 104 (64.6) |
| Total Medications | 13.0 (±5.2) |