Demographic variable

Intervention (n = 17)

Usual care (n = 16)

p

Gender (male)

13 (76%)

12 (75%)

1.0000

Age (years ± SD)

61.94 ± 12.19

64.12 ± 9.27

0.9857

Living situation (living alone)

2 (11%)

2 (12%)

0.6880

Employment (employed)

5 (29%)

3 (19%)

1.0000

Body weight (kilograms)

66.6 ± 16.98

61.67 ± 10.35

0.7098

Cardiac characteristics

Etiology of heart failure

Dilated cardiomyopathy

6 (36%)

5 (32%)

1.0000

Ischemic heart disease

5 (29%)

7 (44%)

0.4813

Valvular disease

1 (6%)

0

1.0000

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

0

2 (12%)

0.2273

Others

5 (29%)

2 (12%)

0.3983

NYHA functional class

I

5 (29%)

5 (31%)

1.0000

II

10 (59%)

9 (56%)

1.0000

III

2 (11%)

2 (13%)

1.0000

LVEF

42.97 ± 11.48

41.91 ± 9.61

0.8996

BNP

204.90 ± 196.45

344.59 ± 384.86

0.3440

Treatment

Medication

Beta blocker

16 (94%)

14 (88%)

1.0000

ACE/ARB

8 (48%)

6 (38%)

0.7283

Diuretics

11 (65%)

10 (63%)

1.0000

Device

ICD

11 (64%)

10 (62%)

1.0000

CRT-D

6 (36%)

6 (38%)

1.0000