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Table 7 Baseline characteristics of the CardioBBEAT study participants – Quality of life

From: First outline and baseline data of a randomized, controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the health economic impact of home telemonitoring in chronic heart failure – CardioBBEAT

Characteristic

All patients n = 621

Usual care n = 319 (51 %)

Monitoring n = 302 (49 %)

p value

SF-36v2

    

  Physical comp. sum – number of patients (% valid)

581 (94)

299 (94)

282 (93)

 

   mean ± SD

39 ± 10

39 ± 10

38 ± 10

0.458

   median (IQR)

38 (32–46)

38 (32–46)

38 (32–45)

 

  Mental comp. sum – number of patients (% valid)

581 (94)

299 (94)

282 (93)

 

   mean ± SD

45 ± 13

45 ± 12

44 ± 13

0.239

   median (IQR)

46 (35–56)

46 (36–55)

45 (34–56)

 

  Physical functioning – number of patients (% valid)

591 (95)

304 (95)

287 (95)

 

   mean ± SD

51 ± 27

52 ± 27

50 ± 27

0.445

   median (IQR)

50 (30–75)

50 (30–75)

50 (30–70)

 

WHO-5

    

  Score – number of patients (% valid)

586 (94)

301 (94)

285 (94)

 

   mean ± SD

55 ± 25

55 ± 25

54 ± 25

0.588

   median (IQR)

56 (36–76)

56 (36–76)

56 (32–76)

 

KCCQ

    

  Overall sum – number of patients (% valid)

591 (95)

305 (96)

286 (95)

 

   mean ± SD

59 ± 24

59 ± 24

60 ± 23

0.574

   median (IQR)

61 (42–80)

60 (42–80)

62 (42–80)

 

  Clinical sum – number of patients (% valid)

591 (95)

305 (96)

286 (95)

 

   mean ± SD

63 ± 25

63 ± 26

64 ± 24

0.409

   median (IQR)

67 (45–85)

67 (44–85)

69 (49–84)

 
  1. Comp component, IQR interquartile range, KCCQ Kansas City cardiomyopathy questionnaire with 23 items for measuring disease-specific domains in CHF, SF-36v2 short form health survey with 36 questions using norm-based scoring, sum summary, WHO-5 World Health Organization Five, well-being index