PMID- 18212484
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080325
LR  - 20190727
IS  - 0040-8727 (Print)
IS  - 0040-8727 (Linking)
VI  - 214
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan
TI  - Health related quality of life in patients awaiting heart transplantation.
PG  - 17-25
AB  - Quality of life is an important outcome measure in patients with end-stage heart 
      failure waiting for heart transplantation. The purpose of this study was to 
      investigate the relationship between aspects of quality of life and physiological 
      and psychosocial variables in patients with end-stage heart failure. A total of 
      123 patients participated in the study. The functional status was assessed with 
      New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification, a 6-minute walk test 
      (6 MWT) and peak oxygen uptake (pVO(2)). Health related quality of life (HRQOL) 
      was measured with Medical Outcomes Study, 36-item Short Form Survey (SF-36), and 
      Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). Beck Depression 
      Inventory (BDI) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to assess 
      psychological symptoms. A significant relationship was found between HRQOL (SF-36 
      and MLHFQ) and functional status (NYHA, 6 MWT and pVO(2)) (p < 0.05). 
      Psychological symptoms (BDI) were associated with HRQOL (p < 0.05). In addition 
      to clinical derangements, functional limitation and psychological distress can 
      lead to limitations in activities of daily life through impairment of quality of 
      life. It would be helpful to evaluate psychological symptoms and quality of life 
      in patients with end-stage heart failure besides routine clinical evaluations.
FAU - Karapolat, Hale
AU  - Karapolat H
AD  - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ege University Medical 
      Faculty, Izmir, Turkey. haleuzun76@hotmail.com
FAU - Eyigor, Sibel
AU  - Eyigor S
FAU - Zoghi, Mehdi
AU  - Zoghi M
FAU - Nalbantgil, Sanem
AU  - Nalbantgil S
FAU - Yagdi, Tahir
AU  - Yagdi T
FAU - Durmaz, Berrin
AU  - Durmaz B
FAU - Ozbaran, Mustafa
AU  - Ozbaran M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Tohoku J Exp Med
JT  - The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine
JID - 0417355
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anaerobic Threshold/physiology
MH  - Anxiety/psychology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Depression/psychology
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/physiopathology/psychology/surgery
MH  - Heart Transplantation/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Walking/physiology
EDAT- 2008/01/24 09:00
MHDA- 2008/03/26 09:00
CRDT- 2008/01/24 09:00
PHST- 2008/01/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/03/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/01/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - JST.JSTAGE/tjem/214.17 [pii]
AID - 10.1620/tjem.214.17 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tohoku J Exp Med. 2008 Jan;214(1):17-25. doi: 10.1620/tjem.214.17.