Greater physical symptom impact and poorer perceived physical health status were associated with lower quality of life in women recently hospitalized for heart failure.
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
In women recently hospitalized for heart failure, greater physical symptom burden and poorer perceived physical health are strongly associated with reduced overall quality of life.
Persons with heart failure (HF) experience impaired quality of life (QOL). However, the majority of research conducted on QOL in persons with HF has been with men. The purpose of this descriptive pilot study was to describe the impact of symptoms of HF and examine the relationships among symptom impact, perceived health status, perceived social support, and overall QOL in 30 women who had recently been hospitalized for HF. The women reported high physical symptom impact, poor perceived physical health status, and impaired QOL. Physical symptom impact, perceived physical health status, and QOL were moderately to highly correlated with one another. Perceived social support was significantly, though not strongly, correlated with physical symptom impact. Emotional symptom impact and mental health status were significantly and negatively correlated with each other but were not significantly correlated with QOL. In this group of 30 chronically ill women, QOL was lower in those women who reported greater physical symptom impact and poorer perceptions of their physical health status.
Sue Bennett (Wed,) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=30). Physical symptom impact and perceived physical health status was evaluated on Quality of life. Greater physical symptom impact and poorer perceived physical health status were associated with lower quality of life in women recently hospitalized for heart failure.