PMID- 22103827
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120313
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 1440-172X (Electronic)
IS  - 1322-7114 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 6
DP  - 2011 Dec
TI  - Assessment of quality of life and activities of daily living in Turkish patients 
      with heart failure.
PG  - 607-14
LID - 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01980.x [doi]
AB  - Heart failure is an entire clinical syndrome affecting many aspects of life, 
      rather than merely a usual disease. This cross-sectional study was designed to 
      assess heart failure patients' quality of life and activities of daily living 
      (ADL). Seventy-five patients who applied to the cardiology department were 
      included in the study. The data were obtained using the left ventricular 
      dysfunction scale (LVD-36) and ADL scale. A statistically significant 
      relationship was found between LVD-36 and ADL scores and New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) functional class, previous hospitalization, daily medication, 
      age and education (P < 0.05). It was found that LVD-36 and ADL scores increase as 
      the level of education increases and as the NYHA functional class, previous 
      hospitalization, number of drugs taken daily and age decrease. The study found a 
      statistically significantly negative relationship between quality of life and ADL 
      (P < 0.05). In patients with heart failure, age, NYHA functional class, number of 
      drugs taken daily independently affected the ADL scores. Additionally, in these 
      patients, education, NYHA functional class, number of drugs taken daily and 
      previous hospitalizations independently affected the quality of life. As the 
      functional situation deteriorates and becomes severe, individual care, training, 
      social support and consultation services for the patient and their family should 
      be increased.
CI  - (c) 2011 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
FAU - Demir, Melike
AU  - Demir M
AD  - Tekirdag School of Health, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
FAU - Unsar, Serap
AU  - Unsar S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Int J Nurs Pract
JT  - International journal of nursing practice
JID - 9613615
MH  - *Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Turkey
EDAT- 2011/11/23 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/14 06:00
CRDT- 2011/11/23 06:00
PHST- 2011/11/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/11/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01980.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Nurs Pract. 2011 Dec;17(6):607-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01980.x.