The Trajectory of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure

Abstract

Prospective, comparative sub-study of a randomized clinical trial of disease management for patients with HF. Only patients in the control group were included in this analysis. Hospitalized with HF. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV HF. Community dwelling. No dementia, serious cognitive impairment, or psychiatric illness. Settings: Three hospitals located in the Midwest, United States of America; the Institutional Review Board at all sites approved the study. Sociodemographic variables: age, education, gender, marital status, ethnicity, living arrangement. Health-related quality of life: Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire - developed to measure HRQOL in HF patients; contains physical and emotional subscales, valid and reliable; scores range from 0 to 105; higher scores reflect worse HRQOL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2005
Accession Number
ADA431206

Entities

People

  • Marla J. Dejong

Organizations

  • University of Kentucky

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Classification
  • Clinical Trials
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Heart Failure
  • Hospitals
  • Institutional Review Board
  • New York
  • Quality Of Life
  • Trajectories
  • United States

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