From: Medical decision making among patients with heart failure – does migration background matter?
Total (N = 128) | Patient with migration background (n = 64) | Patient without migration background (n = 64) | p* | |
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Additional questions | ||||
Lifestyle | 46 (35.9%) | 26 (40.6%) | 20 (31.3%) | 0.27 |
Psychosocial aspects | 63 (49.2%) | 32 (50.0%) | 31 (48.4%) | 1.00 |
Medical history | 37 (28.9%) | 21 (32.8%) | 16 (25.0%) | 0.33 |
Diagnosis heart failure | 99 (77.3%) | 52 (81.3%) | 47 (73.4%) | 0.39 |
Examinations | ||||
Auscultation of the lung | 117 (91.4%) | 61 (95.3%) | 56 (87.5%) | 0.21 |
Auscultation of the heart | 114 (89.1%) | 59 (92.2%) | 55 (85.9%) | 0.40 |
Measurement of blood pressure | 105 (82.0%) | 54 (84.4%) | 51 (79.7%) | 0.65 |
Prescription of drugs | 4 (3.1%) | 3 (4.7%) | 1 (1.6%) | 0.62 |
Advice | ||||
Rest | 28 (21.9%) | 17 (26.6%) | 11 (17.2%) | 0.28 |
Risk behaviours | 15 (11.7%) | 7 (10.9%) | 8 (12.5%) | 1.00 |
Behaviour in case of deterioration | 25 (19.5%) | 16 (25.0%) | 9 (14.1%) | 0.18 |
Referral | 44 (34.4%) | 27 (42.4%) | 17 (26.6%) | 0.09 |