Patient participation in patients with heart failure receiving structured home care - a prospective longitudinal study

Table 4 Factors associated with participation at baseline, based on stepwise regression with backward elimination

Outcome variable	Predictor variable	B (SE) ^a	95 % CI for B	P-value
Patient involvement (n = 96)	Self-care	−0.20 (0.05)	−0.30, −0.11	<0.001
	Cohabiting	2.17 (0.68)	0.82, 3.52	0.002
	Age	−0.08 (0.04)	−0.16, −0.01	0.032
	Model statistics F(3, 92) = 13.13, p < 0.001, R² = 0.30
Information (n = 96)	Self-care	−0.24 (0.05)	−0.33, −0.14	<0.001
	Knowledge	0.39 (0.16)	0.08, 0.70	0.014
	Female sex	−1.52 (0.67)	−2.85, −0.18	0.026
	Having home help	1.61 (0.65)	0.32, 2.90	0.015
	Model statistics F(4, 91) = 9.96, p < 0.001, R² = 0.30
Patient needs (n = 98)	Symptoms depression	−0.15 (0.06)	−0.27, −0.03	0.015
	Self-care	−0.22 (0.05)	−0.33, −0.12	<0.001
	Knowledge	0.48 (0.17)	0.14, 0.82	0.007
	Model statistics F (3, 94) = 12.14, p < 0.001, R² = 0.28
Overall satisfaction	Symptoms depression	−0.09 (0.03)	−0.15, −0.02	0.009
involvement (n = 98)	Self-care	−0.08 (0.03)	−0.14, −0.03	0.003
	Cohabitation	1.06 (0.37)	0.32, 1.79	0.005
	NYHA III-IV	−1.01(0.58)	−2.17, 0.14	0.085
	Model statistics F(4,93) = 7.13, p<0.001, R2 = 0.24

Key for abbreviation: NYHA class = New York Heart Association Functional Classification.
Self-care; lower numbers indicate better self-care, Knowledge; higher numbers indicate better knowledge, Symptoms of depression; lower numbers indicate less symptoms of depression, Age; lower numbers indicate younger age, Dichotomous variables: Sex (men = 0, women = 1), Cohabitation (No =0, Yes = 1), Home help (No =0, Yes = 1), NYHA (NYHA class II = 0, NYHA class III-IV = 1).
^aUnstandardized regression coefficient.

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