Symptom burden in heart failure patients is inversely associated with physical and mental quality of life, highlighting the need for prioritized symptom management.
May warrant prioritizing symptom management in HF; leaves open whether reducing burden improves QoL.
This study revealed that patients with heart failure facing significant symptom burden. The patients showed inadequate quality of life in both physical and mental components that were inversely associated with symptom burden. Given the debilitating effects of symptom burden on heart failure patients' quality of life, therefore, symptom assessment and management have to be a priority.
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