What factors are associated with health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart diseases in primary care?
A strong patient-centered approach and better patient-physician relationship are key to improving health-related quality of life in CHD patients in primary care.
The results of our study suggest that a better patient-physician relationship rather than organization of CHD care is associated with higher HRQOL in the primary care setting. The results may imply that interventions to improve HRQoL require a strong patient-centered approach.
Ose et al. (Wed,) studied this question.