The KCCQ-functional score was an independent predictor of event-free survival at 250 days in chronic heart failure outpatients (HR 0.035; 95% CI 0.002-0.824; P=0.037).
Observational (n=137)
Does self-assessment of health status using the KCCQ predict long-term outcomes and correlate with inflammatory activation in chronic heart failure outpatients?
Self-assessment of health status using the KCCQ functional score correlates with inflammatory burden and independently predicts long-term event-free survival in chronic heart failure outpatients.
Hazard Ratio: 0.035 (95% CI 0.002–0.824)
p-value: p=0.037
AIMS: Clinicians lack a generally accepted means for health status assessment in chronic heart failure (CHF). We investigated the correlation between health status and inflammation burden as well as its long-term prognostic value in CHF outpatients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaires (KCCQ) were completed by 137 CHF outpatients (aged 64+/-12 years, mean ejection fraction 27+/-7%). Inflammatory markers interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha, soluble Fas, Fas ligand, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), 6 min walk test (6MWT), Zung self-rating depression scale, and Beck Depression Inventory were also assessed. Patients were followed for major cardiovascular events (death or hospitalization for disease progression) for up to 250 days. Patients with worse KCCQ-summary (KCCQ-sor=50. Worse health status was also associated with shorter event-free survival (115+/-12 days for KCCQ-sor=50, P=0.0179). Separating patients according KCCQ-functional score (KCCQ-f, cut-off 50) showed similar results. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, only LVEF (HR=0.637, 95% CI 0.450-0.900, P=0.011) and KCCQ-f (HR=0.035, 95% CI 0.002-0.824, P=0.037) were independent predictors of event-free survival at 250 days. CONCLUSION: KCCQ-s reflects neurohormonal and inflammatory burden in CHF. Among studied questionnaires, only KCCQ-f is an independent predictor of long-term event-free survival in CHF.
Parissis et al. (Fri,) conducted a observational in Chronic heart failure (n=137). Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire functional score (KCCQ-f) was evaluated on Event-free survival at 250 days (death or hospitalization for disease progression) (HR 0.035, 95% CI 0.002-0.824, p=0.037). The KCCQ-functional score was an independent predictor of event-free survival at 250 days in chronic heart failure outpatients (HR 0.035; 95% CI 0.002-0.824; P=0.037).