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Table 1 Mean scores of predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors in the two groups

From: Effectiveness of a PRECEDE-based education intervention on quality of life in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

Variable

Number of question

Before intervention

After intervention

Intervention group

Control group

t

p

Intervention group

Control group

t

p

knowledge

12

2.35 ± 1.43

3.20 ± 1.20

1.637

0.126

9.24 ± 1.03

5.02 ± 1.11

3.121

0.004

attitude

5

6.14 ± 3.10

6.51 ± 2.73

1.030

0.245

20.37 ± 2.16

10.31 ± 3.71

3.937

0.000

enabling factors

6

5.29 ± 4.70

5.08 ± 4.19

0.818

0.678

25.89 ± 3.12

10.97 ± 4.31

4.170

0.000

reinforcing factors

8

10.12 ± 7.80

11.42 ± 9.31

0.975

0.319

34.81 ± 10.95

15.65 ± 9.63

4.763

0.000