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Higher depressive symptoms and younger age had a stronger relationship to lower quality of life than physical functioning in men with heart failure.
Cross-Sectional (n=76)
Emotional functioning and younger age have a stronger relationship to quality of life than physical functioning in men with heart failure.
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Depressive symptoms may warrant assessment in men with HF; leaves open whether targeting mood improves quality of life.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contributions of physical and emotional functioning to overall quality of life (QOL) in men with heart failure (HF). In 76 men with HF (age 63+/-11 years; left ventricular ejection fraction 27+/-9%; 20% NYHA III/IV), initial correlations of Cardiac-Quality of Life Index (C-QLI) scores with sociodemographic/clinical variables, physical functioning (6-minute walk test and Heart Failure Functional Status Inventory), and emotional functioning (depression, anxiety, and hostility, as measured by the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist) were followed by multivariate stepwise regression. After controlling for sociodemographic/clinical variables, younger age (variance=9%, P=.008), higher depressive symptoms (variance=16%, P=or<.001), and lower self-reported physical functioning (variance=4%, P=.03) accounted for lower C-QLI scores (R2=0.33, P=.03). Compared with physical functioning, emotional functioning and younger age have a stronger relationship to QOL in men with HF.
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Corvera‐Tindel et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=76). Emotional and physical functioning was evaluated on Cardiac-Quality of Life Index (C-QLI) scores (R2 0.33, p=0.03). Higher depressive symptoms and younger age had a stronger relationship to lower quality of life than physical functioning in men with heart failure.
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