Table 2 Study measurements for both intervention and control group:
Demographic profile: | Age, sex, marital status, social support, education, ethnicity, health care utilization |
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Clinical status: | Type, presumed cause and duration of CHF, NYHA Functional Class, current pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, waist and hip circumference, and existing blood test results, existing echocardiography results |
Functional/general health status: | The Six Minute Walk Test distance, National Physical Activity Prescription-Likert scale and SF-36, Minnesota Living With Heart failure Questionnaire |
Self-management: | Bandura's Exercise Self-efficacy Scale; The European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale |