|
HF patient
|
|
Sex, male
|
11 (69)
|
13 (81)
|
|
Age in years mean (SD)
|
67.8 (9.9)
|
66.9 (11.3)
|
|
Married or common law spouse
|
15 (94)
|
16 (100)
|
|
Not working
|
14 (88)
|
12 (75)
|
|
Education ≤ high school
|
11 (69)
|
9 (56)
|
|
Number of days of hospitalization mean (SD)
|
9.6 (5.7)
|
10.8 (9.0)
|
|
Reasons for hospitalization
|
|
Heart failure
|
8 (50)
|
11 (69)
|
|
Pacemaker related problems/arrhythmia
|
3 (19)
|
2 (13)
|
|
Acute coronary syndrome
|
2 (13)
|
0 (0)
|
|
Other
|
3 (19)
|
3 (19)
|
|
New York Heart Association class
|
|
I
|
1 (6)
|
0 (0)
|
|
II
|
7 (44)
|
6 (38)
|
|
III
|
7 (44)
|
8 (50)
|
|
IV
|
1 (6)
|
2 (13)
|
|
Mean percentage of ejection fraction mean (SD)
|
31.56 (14.7)
|
29.68 (10.4)
|
|
≥1 hospitalization in the last year (vs not)
|
5 (31)
|
6 (38)
|
|
≥1 emergency visit in the last year (vs not)
|
4 (25)
|
2 (13)
|
|
Number of medications at discharge mean (SD)
|
11.6 (2.9)
|
11.6 (4.5)
|
|
Caregiver
|
|
Sex, male
|
6 (38)
|
3 (19)
|
|
Age in years mean (SD)
|
63.2 (11.4)
|
63.7 (10)
|
|
Education ≤ high school
|
10 (63)
|
9 (56)
|
|
Not working
|
11 (69)
|
11 (69)
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