Clinical intervention effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on chronic heart failure complicated with depression

Table 1 General information

Indicators	Control group (n = 55)	Research group (n = 61)	χ2/t-test	P value
Sex (male/female)	35/20	37/24	0.109	0.741
Age (yr)	58.00 ± 5.97	58.77 ± 7.06	0.631	0.530
CHF course (yr)	3.89 ± 0.66	3.84 ± 0.82	0.359	0.720
NYHA classification (II/III)	31/24	35/26	0.012	0.912
Depression course (months)	4.53 ± 0.77	4.67 ± 0.94	0.872	0.385
Depression degree (mild/moderate)	17/38	20/41	0.047	0.829

CHF: Chronic heart failure; NYHA: New York Heart Association.

Table 2 Clinical efficacy

Indicators	Control group (n = 55)	Research group (n = 61)	χ2	P value
Marked effectiveness	16 (29.09)	22 (36.07)
Effectiveness	27 (49.09)	36 (59.02)
Ineffectiveness	12 (21.82)	3 (4.92)
Total effective rate	43 (78.18)	58 (95.08)	7.337	0.007

Results are presented as n (%).