Key result
Chagasic cardiopathy (p=0.02), older age (p=0.004), and functional class (p<0.001) were significantly associated with worse quality of life in ambulatory heart failure patients.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to assess health-related quality of life in heart failure patients and evaluate its relationship with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
Cross-Sectional (n=101)
No
p-value: p=0.02
Heart failure patients with Chagas etiology experience more compromised health-related quality of life, particularly in the emotional dimension.
Highlights need for etiology-aware QoL support in HF; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of life related to health for heart failure patients and to relate sociodemographic and clinical data. METHOD: It is an observational and transversal study, with quantitative approach, carried out in a heart failure ambulatory in the state of Pernambuco. RESULTS: In the sample (n=101), there was prevalence of men older than 60 years old, married and professionally inactive. The quality of life related to health, based on the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire, was considered moderate (34.3±21.6), being significantly related to age (p=0.004), functional class (p<0.001), and patients with chagasic cardiopathy (p=0.02). CONCLUSION: The quality of life in the HF group of chagasic etiology was more compromised, specially in the emotional dimension. It is suggested that studies on the hypothesis that longer ambulatory follow-up improves quality of life and that having Chagas disease interferes negatively with the quality of life of heart failure patients.
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Paz et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=101). Chagasic cardiopathy vs. Non-chagasic heart failure was evaluated on Quality of life (Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire score) (p=0.02). Chagasic cardiopathy (p=0.02), older age (p=0.004), and functional class (p<0.001) were significantly associated with worse quality of life in ambulatory heart failure patients.
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