Development and psychometric evaluation of the CanSmart questionnaire to measure chronic disease self-management tasks

Table 1 Patient Characteristics in the 2 Study Samples (n = 306)

Variables		Overall (n = 306)		Sample EFA (n = 153)		Sample CFA (n = 153)		Chi-square
Variables		n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Demographics and health section missing		45	14.7	21	13.7	24	15.7	0.628
Demographics		(n = 261)		(n = 132)		(n = 129)
Age	18–44	71	27	39	30	32	25	0.012
	45–64	124	48	70	53	54	42
	65–74	66	25	23	17	43	33
Sex**	Female	198	78	102	80	96	76	0.427
Education**	Secondary school or less	67	26	34	27	33	26	0.946
Education**	College or University	187	74	94	73	93	74
Geographical location**	City	136	53	65	50	71	56	0.662
	Suburbs of a city	57	22	31	24	26	20
	Small town or rural	65	25	34	26	31	24
Born in Canada**	Yes	221	87	113	88	108	85	0.446
Language spoken	English	236	90	119	90	117	91	0.881
Language spoken	French	25	10	13	10	12	9
Employment	Currently employed	79	30	46	35	33	26	0.172
	Employment disability	92	35	45	34	47	36
	Retired	66	25	27	20	39	30
	Unemployed	24	9	14	11	10	8
Health
Multimorbidity** (1–19)	Mean (SD)	2.8 (1.6)		2.8 (1.7)		2.7 (1.5)		0.909*
Disease**	Arthritis	157	62	82	64	75	60	0.559
	Emotional problems	147	58	78	61	69	55	0.396
	Hypertension	64	25	35	27	29	23	0.471
	Asthma	55	22	33	26	22	18	0.123
	Neurological	57	22	26	20	31	25	0.375
	Diabetes	40	16	18	14	22	18	0.425
	Autoimmune	39	15	18	14	21	17	0.529
	Heart disease	29	11	11	9	18	14	0.141
	Gastrointestinal	29	11	19	15	10	8	0.092
	Other musculoskeletal	21	8	8	6	13	10	0.225

ISSN: 2050-7283