Key result
Married status was not significantly associated with in-hospital death (HR 0.71; 95% CI 0.35-1.49) or time to readmission (HR 1.16; 95% CI 0.86-1.56) in patients with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does married status improve in-hospital survival and time to readmission in patients with heart failure?
Cohort (n=357)
No
Does married status improve in-hospital survival and time to readmission in patients with heart failure?
Hazard Ratio: 0.71 (95% CI 0.35–1.49)
In a high-risk heart failure population, being married was not associated with improved in-hospital survival or time to readmission compared to being unmarried.
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Married status does not improve in-hospital heart failure survival or readmission timing; this cohort study leaves open social support effects on longer-term outcomes.
Watkins et al. (2013) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=357). Married status vs. Unmarried status (single, divorced, widowed) was evaluated on In-hospital death (HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.35-1.49). Married status was not significantly associated with in-hospital death (HR 0.71; 95% CI 0.35-1.49) or time to readmission (HR 1.16; 95% CI 0.86-1.56) in patients with heart failure.
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