Table 3.
Health outcomes comparison between the intervention and control groups at baseline and 6th month (Mean ± SD).
| Outcomes | Intervention group (n = 43) |
Control group (n = 48) |
t1 | P1 | t2 | P2 | t3 | P3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 6th month | Baseline | 6th month | |||||||
| LVEF | 39.73 ± 13.91 | 48.75 ± 10.98 | 41.79 ± 13.42 | 44.90 ± 13.75 | 4.670 | ＜0.001 | 2.205 | 0.032 | 1.462 | 0.147 |
| Total MLHFQ scores | 47.11 ± 22.99 | 70.90 ± 22.45 | 45.81 ± 11.07 | 54.78 ± 18.04 | 4.956 | ＜0.001 | 3.367 | 0.002 | 3.792 | ＜0.001 |
| MLHFQ-physical subscale | 43.49 ± 25.59 | 74.59 ± 27.80 | 42.34 ± 14.23 | 56.20 ± 19.12 | 5.852 | ＜0.001 | 4.874 | ＜0.001 | 3.637 | 0.001 |
| MLHFQ-emotional subscale | 57.12 ± 27.87 | 81.40 ± 18.43 | 65.17 ± 12.99 | 62.42 ± 27.69 | 4.841 | ＜0.001 | −0.641 | 0.542 | 3.885 | ＜0.001 |
| HF knowledge | 8.30 ± 3.89 | 13.79 ± 2.45 | 8.44 ± 2.77 | 10.73 ± 4.28 | 9.485 | ＜0.001 | 3.742 | ＜0.001 | 4.245 | ＜0.001 |
| SCHFI-maintenance subscale | 42.82 ± 19.59 | 57.67 ± 13.22 | 48.77 ± 10.13 | 50.35 ± 10.88 | 4.575 | ＜0.001 | 0.938 | 0.353 | 2.898 | 0.005 |
| SCHFI-management subscale | 60.93 ± 34.85 | 71.74 ± 15.66 | 57.81 ± 10.05 | 72.29 ± 5.92 | 1.950 | 0.058 | 8.272 | ＜0.001 | −0.310 | 0.758 |
| SCHFI-confidence subscale | 66.98 ± 21.08 | 69.12 ± 13.35 | 65.21 ± 13.65 | 64.35 ± 13.70 | 0.633 | 0.530 | −0.318 | 0.752 | 1.678 | 0.097 |
| Total CAPS-SF scores | 36.49 ± 6.13 | 40.23 ± 4.36 | 38.50 ± 3.39 | 38.27 ± 2.60 | 4.219 | ＜0.001 | −0.380 | 0.705 | 2.571 | 0.012 |
Note: LVEF = Left ventricular ejection fraction. MLHFQ = Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire. HF = Heart Failure. SCHFI = Self-care Heart failure Index. CAPS-SF = Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale-Short Form.
t1: Paired-sample t-test of the intervention group; t2: Paired-sample t-test of the control group; t3: Independent sample t-test between two groups at 6th mouth after discharge.