Table 1.
General characteristics of the study groups. Data in this table was divided by disease category to compare the variables describing general characteristics and survey results.
| Sample Characteristics | Disease Category | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute (n = 45) | Remitted (n = 45) | |||
| Age (mean) | 61 ± 14 | 55 ± 15 | 0.073 | |
| Sex | 0.205 | |||
| Male | 20(42.5%) | 27(57.5%) | ||
| Female | 25(58.1%) | 18(41.9%) | ||
| Civil Status | 0.398 | |||
| Married | 34(75.6%) | 35(77.8%) | ||
| Single | 4(8.9%) | 3(6.7%) | ||
| Divorced | 1(2.2%) | 4(8.9%) | ||
| Widowed | 6(13.3%) | 3(6.7%) | ||
| Children | 0.334 | |||
| Yes | 38(84.4%) | 41(91.1%) | ||
| No | 7(15.6%) | 4(8.9%) | ||
| Income | 0.010 | |||
| Low | 28(62.2%) | 17(37.8%) | ||
| Medium | 12(26.7%) | 11(24.4%) | ||
| High | 5(11.1%) | 17(37.8%) | ||
| Disease Severity | 0.837 | |||
| Mild | 9(20.0%) | 7(15.6%) | ||
| Moderate | 18(40.0%) | 20(44.4%) | ||
| Severe | 18(40.0%) | 18(40.0%) | ||
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Cardiovascular | 25(55.6%) | 18(40.0%) | 0.103 | |
| Diabetes | 4(8.9%) | 13(28.9%) | 0.015 | |
| Metabolic | 7(15.6%) | 8(17.8%) | 0.500 | |
| Neurologic | 3(6.7%) | 1(2.2%) | 0.308 | |
| Neoplasia | 4(8.9%) | 1(2.2%) | 0.180 | |
| Survey/Scale | NSESSS-Total (>14) | PCL-Total (>44) | <0.009 | |
| Low-stress | 27(60.0%) | 38(84.4%) | ||
| High-Stress | 18(40.0%) | 7(15.6%) | ||
| COPE-60 | ||||
| Disengagement (2) | >Median | 18(40%) | 20(44.4%) | 0.046 |
| ≤Median | 27(60%) | 25(55.6%) | ||
| Engagement (3) | >Median | 23(51.1%) | 21(46.6%) | 0.044 |
| ≤Median | 22(48.8%) | 24(53.3%) | ||
| Emotion Focused (2) | >Median | 21(46.6%) | 20(44.4%) | <0.000 |
| ≤Median | 24(53.3%) | 25(55.6%) | ||
| Problem Focused (3) | >Median | 23(51.1%) | 17(37.8%) | 0.125 |
| ≤Median | 22(48.8%) | 28(62.2%) | ||