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Table 2 Relationships of demographic variables and factors to the quality of life in patients with heart failure at baseline (n = 184)

From: Relationship of symptom stress, care needs, social support, and meaning in life to quality of life in patients with heart failure from the acute to chronic stages: a longitudinal study

Variables

PCS

MCS

Mean

SD

p value

Mean

SD

p value

Gender

  

0.035

  

0.110

 Male

36.6

10.3

 

44.6

12.2

 

 Female

32.9

10.2

 

41.5

12.1

 

Education

  

0.230

  

0.230

 Below high school

34.6

10.4

 

42.9

12.5

 

 Above high school

36.7

10.1

 

45.4

11.3

 

Marital status

  

0.349

  

0.658

 Yes

36.2

10.4

 

44.2

12.9

 

 No

34.7

10.3

 

43.3

11.8

 

Economic

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Independence

36.8

10.2

 

45.2

11.8

 

 Dependence

30.9

9.4

 

38.9

12.2

 

Living

  

0.245

  

0.177

 With family

34.6

10.2

 

42.8

12.0

 

 Alone

36.7

10.5

 

45.5

12.6

 
 

r

p value

r

p value

Age

− 0.28

 < 0.001

− 0.21

0.004

Symptom distress

− 0.46

< 0.001

− 0.42

< 0.001

Care needs

− 0.47

< 0.001

− 0.58

< 0.001

Social support

− 0.08

0.277

− 0.05

0.480

Meaning in life

 Presence

0.10

0.181

0.21

0.005

 Search

− 0.01

0.877

0.11

0.122

  1. PCS: Physical Component Summary of quality of life; MCS: Mental Component Summary of quality of life