Table 2.
Variables | Experimental group (n = 36) |
Control group (n = 38) |
p |
---|---|---|---|
Physiological factors | |||
Anthropometric measures | |||
Body mass index (kg/m2), M (SD) | 25.14 (3.78) | 24.65 (4.11) | 0.591 |
Waist circumference (cm), M (SD) | 89.25 (8.52) | 88.03 (11.62) | 0.609 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), M (SD) | 126.19 (13.92) | 133.79 (14.66) | 0.025 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), M (SD) | 77.56 (10.72) | 75.26 (11.79) | 0.385 |
NYHA functional class, n (%) | |||
I | 6 (16.7) | 2 (5.3) | 0.051 |
II | 21 (58.3) | 15 (39.5) | |
III | 7 (19.4) | 15 (39.5) | |
IV | 2 (5.6) | 6 (15.8) | |
Echocardiographic data | |||
LVEF (%), M (SD) | 64.50 (10.01) | 66.00 (7.57) | 0.497 |
E/Ea ratio, M (SD) | 12.24 (4.87) | 14.70 (4.87) | 0.055 |
Psychosocial factors | |||
Depression, M (SD) | 4.97 (4.10) | 5.45 (3.51) | 0.593 |
Quality of life, M (SD) | 5.62 (8.16) | 5.45 (0.86) | 0.381 |
Behavioral factors | |||
Medication adherence, M (SD) | 8.61 (1.42) | 8.26 (0.69) | 0.189 |
Self-management behavior, M (SD) | 41.17 (6.85) | 44.16 (7.47) | 0.077 |
NYHA the New York Heart Association; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; E/Ea early mitral inflow velocity/early diastolic mitral annular velocity