Key result
In male patients with stable chronic heart failure, NYHA class, depression score, and pulmonary capillary resistance accounted for 32% of the variance in satisfaction with physical functioning.
Why the study?
How do objective cardiological variables correlate with psychological distress and subjective satisfaction in male patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
152 male patients with chronic heart failure in a stable clinical condition
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Higher psychological scores in stable male CHF patients; leaves open causal links to cardiological variables and need for prospective trials.
Cross-Sectional (n=152)
How do objective cardiological variables correlate with psychological distress and subjective satisfaction in male patients with chronic heart failure?
Effect estimate: 32% of variance explained
In male patients with chronic heart failure, objective cardiological severity correlates primarily with subjective satisfaction regarding physical functioning, while general psychological distress is common regardless of specific cardiological parameters.
Giuseppina Majani (1999) conducted a cross-sectional in chronic heart failure (n=152). Cardiological variables and psychological distress vs. Healthy subjects (for psychological distress) and lower NYHA classes was evaluated on Variance in the Satisfaction Profile physical functioning factor score (32% of variance explained). In male patients with stable chronic heart failure, NYHA class, depression score, and pulmonary capillary resistance accounted for 32% of the variance in satisfaction with physical functioning.
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