Key result
Physical symptom status strongly predicted health-related quality of life (F=12.4, P<.001), while baseline depression strongly predicted physical symptom status (F=14.4, P<.001).
Population
84 patients discharged after being hospitalized for exacerbation of heart failure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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Warrants attention to symptoms and depression post-HF hospitalization; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions to improve quality of life.
Cohort (n=84)
p-value: p=<.001
In patients recently hospitalized for heart failure, physical symptom status strongly predicts quality of life, and baseline depression is the strongest predictor of physical symptom status.
Heo et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=84). Physical symptom status and psychological variables was evaluated on Health-related quality of life and physical symptom status (p=<.001). Physical symptom status strongly predicted health-related quality of life (F=12.4, P<.001), while baseline depression strongly predicted physical symptom status (F=14.4, P<.001).
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