Effects of a home-based activation intervention on self-management adherence and readmission in rural heart failure patients: the PATCH randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Descriptives and t-tests of mean change in intervention component measures

Variable	Possible score range	Group	Number	Baseline Mean (SD)	Number	Month 3 Mean (SD)	Mean change (SD)	t-test (p-value) ^a
Self-management knowledge^b	0–27	Intervention	51	21.1 (2.8)	51	23.1 (2.7)	2.0 (3.4)	.337
		Control	49	19.4 (3.0)	47	21.1 (2.5)	1.7 (2.6)
Self-efficacy for HF self-management^c	0–100	Intervention	51	44.9 (24.7)	51	59.7 (17.3)	14.8 (26.0)	.034
		Control	49	49.2 (22.9)	47	53.8 (24.0)	5.2 (25.5)
Patient activation (PAM Rasch scaled scores) ^d	0–100	Intervention	51	57.3 (19.2)	50	69.1 (16.7)	11.7 (21.3)	.069
		Control	48	56.6 (18.6)	47	61.4 (18.2)	5.7 (18.5)
Self-management strategies (RSCB) ^e	0–145	Intervention	50	86.8 (19.3)	51	115.7 (19.6)	28.9 (23.0)	<.0005
		Control	49	91.9 (19.9)	47	97.6 (22.6)	5.6 (22.3)

^aOne-tailed test of group difference in change from baseline to 3 months, equal variances not assumed
^bPossible range for Self-management knowledge: 0-27
^cPossible range for self-efficacy for HF self-management: 0-100
^dPossible range for patient activation measure: 0-100
^ePossible range for self-management strategies: 0-145

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