Table 4 Baseline data of the participants in the formal survey
From: CHF-PROM: validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with chronic heart failure
Variables | Group | Case | Control | x 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 154 (42.8) | 54(54.0) | 3.979 | 0.054 |
| Â | Male | 206(57.2) | 46(46.0) | Â | Â |
Marital status | Single | 33 (8.1) | 6 (12.0) | 8.694 | 0.069 |
| Â | Married | 269(66.3) | 23 (46.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Separated | 22(5.4) | 5 (10.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Divorced | 24 (5.9) | 6 (12.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Widowed | 58 (14.3) | 10 (20.0) | Â | Â |
Education level | No formal education | 55 (15.6) | 10 (10.0) | 3.909 | 0.418 |
| Â | Primary school | 80 (22.7) | 26 (26.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Junior high school | 81 (23.0) | 29 (29.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Senior high school | 77 (21.9) | 22 (22.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | College or higher | 59 (16.8) | 13 (13.0) | Â | Â |
Occupation | Peasant | 43(12.2) | 11 (11.0) | 4.462 | 0.461 |
| Â | Worker | 159 (45.2) | 37 (37.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Management | 61 (17.3) | 18 (18.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Researcher | 33 (9.4) | 13 (13.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Business | 20 (5.7) | 5 (5.0) | Â | Â |
| Â | Other | 36 (10.2) | 16 (16.0) | Â | Â |
Monthly income | <$150 | 77 (21.4) | 23 (23.0) | 5.314 | 0.150 |
|  | $150–$300 | 156 (43.3) | 34 (34.0) |  |  |
|  | $300–$450 | 86 (23.9) | 22 (22.0) |  |  |
| Â | >$450 | 41 (11.4) | 21 (21.0) | Â | Â |
Smoking per day | Never | 178 (49.4) | 49 (49.0) | 1.746 | 0.782 |
|  | < 10 cigarettes | 79 (21.9) | 24 (24.0) |  |  |
|  | 10–20 cigarettes | 63 (17.5) | 20 (20.0) |  |  |
|  | 20–40 cigarettes | 30 (8.3) | 5 (5.0) |  |  |
|  | > 40 cigarettes | 10 (2.8) | 2 (2.0) |  |  |