Items | Mean | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. When you should call or visit your doctor about your heart disease | 2.18 | 1.17 | −.047 | −.790 |
2. How to make your doctor understand your concerns about your heart | 2.11 | 0.95 | −.131 | −.234 |
3. How to take your cardiac medications | 2.39 | 1.06 | −.197 | −.711 |
4. How much physical activity is good for you | 2.19 | 0.80 | .236 | −.140 |
5. Control your chest pain by changing your activity levels | 2.14 | 0.96 | −.103 | −.238 |
6. Control your chest pain by taking your medications | 2.17 | 0.89 | .030 | −.234 |
7. Control your breathlessness by changing your activity levels | 2.14 | 0.94 | −.029 | −.568 |
8. Control your breathlessness by taking your medication | 2.17 | 0.89 | −.198 | −.573 |
9. Maintain your usual social activities | 2.40 | 1.06 | −.369 | −.422 |
10. Maintain your usual activities at home with your family | 2.50 | 0.98 | −.320 | −.401 |
11. Maintain your usual activites at work | 2.40 | 0.98 | −.336 | −.352 |
13. Get regular aerobic exercise (work up a sweat and increase your heart rate) | 2.26 | 1.02 | −.214 | −.380 |