Table 4.

Comparison of self-care behaviors of two groups of patients with heart failure.

Group	Project	Before intervention	After the intervention	t	P
Intervention group	Self-care total score	137.5 ± 28	186.4 ± 22	-21.7	<0.001
	Self-care maintenance	46.8 ± 10	60.4 ± 8.6	-14.3	<0.001
	Self-care management	43.8 ± 11.4	64 ± 10.6	-20.68	<0.001
	Self-confidence	47 ± 11	62 ± 9.6	-9.3	<0.001
Control group	Self-care total score	135.3 ± 18.5	138.7 ± 17.3	-3.1	0.004
	Self-care maintenance	45 ± 9.7	48.2 ± 9.2	-8.7	<0.001
	Self-care management	43.5 ± 10.4	44.4 ± 10.1	-1.14	0.26
	Self-confidence	47.2 ± 10.8	46 ± 9.7	1.3	0.2