Type D personality, mental distress, social support and health-related quality of life in coronary artery disease patients with heart failure: a longitudinal observational study

Table 2 Mental distress and social support as determinants of health-related quality of life

		Health related quality of life		Depressive symptoms		Anxiety symptoms		Social support
		β		β		β		β
Model 1	R²		0.07***		0.07***		0.09***		0.02**
	ΔR²		0.07***		0.07***		0.09***		0.02**
Age		0.08		0.15***		-0.03		-0.07*
Gender		0.26***		0.20***		0.31***		-0.09*
Model 2	R²		0.11***		0.08***		0.11***		0.02**
	ΔR²		0.04***		0.01*		0.02**		0.001
Age		-0.11**		0.12***		-0.06		-0.08*
Gender		0.24***		0.18***		0.29***		-0.09*
Acute MI		-0.15***		-0.02		-0.07		0.00
NYHA		0.17***		0.10**		0.12**		0.04
Model 3	R²		0.30***		0.46***		0.43***		0.09***
	ΔR²		0.19***		0.38***		0.32***		0.07***
Age		-0.13***		0.14***		-0.12***		-0.04
Gender		0.12***		-0.01		0.18***		-0.04
Acute myocardial infarction		-0.13***		0.01		-0.05*		-0.01
NYHA		0.11***		0.03		0.06*		0.06
Anxiety symptoms		0.20***		0.48***		–		0.02
Depressive symptoms		0.25***		–		0.50***		-0.27***
Social support		-0.04		-0.16***		0.01		–
Type D personality		0.09*		0.21***		0.16***		-0.03

*p value < 0.05; **p value < 0.01; ***p value < 0.001; NYHA – New York Heart Association functional class.

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