11 March 2024: Clinical Research
The Impact of Home Cardiac Rehabilitation on Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study
Yan Zheng 1ABCDEF* , Li-fang Zhou 2BCDF* , Shu-wen Qin 3BCD , Jing Guo 4BDF , Bi-yong Qin 5ACDEG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942803
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942803
Table 1 Comparisons of the demographic characteristics and the clinical characteristics for participants between groups (mean±SD, n, %).
| Variable | Intervention group (n=53) | Control group (n=53) | t/χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | |||
| Age, years | 63.49±9.53 | 63.04±10.44 | −0.282 | 0.779 | ||
| Gender | 0.155 | 0.693 | ||||
| Male | 32 | 30 | ||||
| Female | 21 | 23 | ||||
| Education | 2.575 | 0.276 | ||||
| Primary school or below | 15 | 13 | ||||
| Junior high school or high school | 29 | 24 | ||||
| Junior college or above | 9 | 16 | ||||
| Employment | 0.153 | 0.985 | ||||
| Employed | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Retired | 16 | 15 | ||||
| Farmer | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Unemployed | 13 | 12 | ||||
| Monthly family income, Yuan* | 1.235 | 0.787 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | |||||
| 1000–2999 | 33 | 31 | ||||
| 3000–4999 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| ≥5000 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Marital status* | 0.213 | 0.998 | ||||
| Married | 41 | 42 | ||||
| Unmarried | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Other | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Residence | 1.650 | 0.438 | ||||
| Rural areas | 12 | 7 | ||||
| County/Town | 25 | 27 | ||||
| Prefecture-level city | 16 | 19 | ||||
| Number of brackets | 2.307 | 0.316 | ||||
| 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| 2 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Blood biochemical indexes | ||||||
| High-density lipoprotein | 1.14±0.30 | 1.07±0.21 | −1.267 | 0.208 | ||
| Low-density lipoprotein | 2.93±0.89 | 2.84±0.90 | −0.522 | 0.603 | ||
| Fasting blood glucose | 7.49±3.04 | 6.58±2.25 | −1.760 | 0.081 | ||
| SD – standard deviation; * Fisher’s exact test. | ||||||