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Fig. 2 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Fig. 2

From: Does improvement in self-management skills predict improvement in quality of life and depressive symptoms? A prospective study in patients with heart failure up to one year after self-management education

Fig. 2

Latent change model (structural model) with standardized path coefficients. Predictor Self-management skills (SM), measurement points T1, T3, and T4. A2: Outcome Physical quality of life (pQL). B2: Outcome Mental quality of life (mQL). C2: Outcome Depressive symptoms (D). Circles represent latent variables, single-headed arrows show the impact of one variable on another, double arrows show correlations allowed between variables. Subscripted figures represent measurement points. *p < 0.05

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