Table 3.

Associations of self-care maintenance by gender in patients with chronic heart failure.

Variables	Beta	SE	β	t	Tolerance	VIF
Men (n = 96)
Self-care confidence	0.512	0.097	0.515	5.297∗∗	0.567	1.765
Age (years)	0.362	0.119	0.306	3.039∗∗	0.528	1.892
Residence (urban)	7.648	3.050	0.237	2.508∗	0.602	1.660
Job (unemployed)	7.704	3.120	0.261	2.470∗	0.481	2.080
Women (n = 114)
Self-care management	0.315	0.097	0.294	3.257∗∗	0.681	1.468
Self-care confidence	0.195	0.076	0.211	2.564∗	0.565	1.771
Age (years)	0.315	0.094	0.292	3.341∗∗	0.603	1.660
Monthly income (≥¥3000)a	6.205	2.616	0.187	2.372∗	0.740	1.351

Note: SE, standard error; β, standardized beta; VIF, variance inflation factor.

Men, adjusted R² = 0.491, F = 10.153, P < 0.01; women, adjusted R² = 0.479, F = 11.370, P < 0.01.

^∗∗P < 0.01; ^∗P < 0.05.

^a¥3000 = approximately $450.