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March 1, 2002HeartOpen Access

Health related quality of life in patients with congestive heart failure: comparison with other chronic diseases and relation to functional variables

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Population

205 patients with congestive heart failure and systolic dysfunction

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JJJana JuengerNational Board of Examinations

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Implication

NYHA class may guide QoL assessment in systolic HF; leaves open causality and whether functional improvement alters outcomes.

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P
Population
205 patients with congestive heart failure and systolic dysfunction
C
Comparator
General population and patients with other chronic diseases (chronic hepatitis C, major depression, chronic haemodialysis)
O
Outcome
Health related quality of life assessed by the SF-36 questionnairepatient reported

In patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction, NYHA functional class is the dominant somatic predictor of health-related quality of life, which is severely impaired compared to the general population.

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Jana Juenger (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e13b9d92caf7a03d94cf4https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.87.3.235

Topics

Heart failureHFrEF treatmentHeart failure hospitalization
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