Table 3.
Analysis of subscales of Self-Care of Heart Failure Index.
Subscale | Baseline, mean (SD) | Postintervention, mean (SD) | P value | Difference score | Clinically relevanta |
Maintenance (N=12) | 63.33 (15.50) | 72.70 (15.62) | .15 | 9.37 | Yes |
Management (N=9) | 70.0 (7.07) | 85.00 (14.36) | Presample too smallb | 15.00 | Yes |
Confidence (N=12) | 83.86 (13.51) | 90.90 (10.90) | .17 | 7.04 | Approaches |
aClinical relevance defined as at least an 8-point difference in baseline to postintervention.
bAt least half the items were missing from participant responses.