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Table 5 Redictors of hrqol one year after completion of cardiac rehabilitation in women and men – comprehensive models

From: How gender-specific are predictors of post-MI HRQoL? A longitudinal study

 

Women

Men

Predictors

Symptoms

β(p)

Discomfort

β(p)

Symptoms

β(p)

Discomfort

β(p)

Demographics

 Marital status

.09 (ns)

 Education

−.13 (ns)

−.16 (ns)

 Employment before MI

−.16 (.07)

 Employment at T3

−.25 (.06)

 

−.13 (ns)

 Not included: age, place of residence

ΔR2 = .22

p = .007

ΔR2 = 0

ΔR2 = .17

p < .001

ΔR2 = .12

p = .002

Clinical characteristics

 Betablockers

.29 (.04)

 Comorbidity

.15 (ns)

 Angina at T1

.22 (ns)

 Anxiolytics

.11 (ns)

.10 (ns)

 Rehospitalisation

 

.17 (.07)

 Angina at T3

.49 (.001)

.36 (.01)

.35 (.001)

 Not included: type of MI, PTCA, complications, number of MI, length of hospitalization, time gap between MI and rehabilitation, angina before MI, intensity of physical training, new MI

ΔR2 = .27

p < .001

ΔR2 = .28

p = .006

ΔR2 = .21

p < .001

ΔR2 = .04

p = .04

Personality factors

 Anxiety-trait

 Optimism

−.06 (ns)

−.08 (ns)

 Not included: anger-trait, curiosity-trait

ΔR2 = 0

ΔR2 = 0

ΔR2 = .02

p = ns

ΔR2 = .02

p = ns

Coping strategies

 Social suport at T1

.18 (ns)

 Resignation at T1

.10 (ns)

 Problem solving at T1

−.17 (ns)

−.30 (.02)

 Substance use at T2

.31 (.03)

 Resignation at T2

.06 (ns)

.11 (ns)

 Humour at T2

−.16 (.08)

 Problem solving at T2

.06 (ns)

 Resignation at T3

.09 (ns)

.22 (.03)

 Not included: T1, T2, T3 reinterpretation, T1, T2, T3 religion, T1 and T3 humor, T2 and T3 social support, T1 and T3 substance use, T3 problem solving

ΔR2 = 0

ΔR2 = .09

p = .03

ΔR2 = .05

p = ns

ΔR2 = .11

p = .01

Total

adjR2 = .44

adjR2 = .30

adjR2 = .37

adjR2 = .23

  1. If ‘-‘, the predictor was not entered into a block; not included, not entered into the comprehensive model
  2. ns not significant