Exercise rehabilitation based on medical care-family integration in older patients with chronic heart failure and psychological problems

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups, n (%)

Category	Conventional rehabilitation group (n = 56)	Exercise rehabilitation group (n = 62)	t/χ2/Z	P value
Sex			0.969	0.325
Female	22 (39.29)	19 (29.69)
Male	34 (60.71)	43 (67.19)
Age (years)	68.66 ± 3.18	69.34 ± 3.61	1.076	0.284
BMI (kg/m2)	26.02 ± 3.07	26.69 ± 3.40	1.120	0.265
Course of disease (years)	4.05 ± 1.04	3.82 ± 1.00	1.222	0.224
Marital status			0.794	0.373
Divorced/widowed	9 (16.07)	14 (22.58)
Married	47 (83.93)	48 (77.42)
Education level			1.110	0.292
Below high school	42 (75.00)	41 (66.13)
High school and above	14 (25.00)	21 (33.87)
New York Heart Association cardiac function classification			0.357	0.550
Grade Ⅱ	35 (62.50)	42 (67.74)
Grade Ⅲ	21 (37.50)	20 (32.26)
Smoking			0.355	0.552
No	11 (19.64)	15 (24.19)
Yes	45 (80.36)	47 (75.81)
Drinking			0.921	0.337
No	15 (26.79)	12 (19.35)
Yes	41 (73.21)	50 (80.65)
Hypertension			0.088	0.767
No	25 (44.64)	26 (41.94)
Yes	31 (55.36)	36 (58.06)
Diabetes			0.945	0.331
No	33 (58.93)	31 (50.00)
Yes	23 (41.07)	31 (50.00)

BMI: Body mass index.