PMID- 22342047
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130114
LR  - 20161020
IS  - 1578-1283 (Electronic)
IS  - 0213-9111 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 Sep-Oct
TI  - [Quality of life in patients with heart failure: the perspective of primary 
      health care].
PG  - 436-43
LID - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.10.013 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To measure and identify the dimensions and determinants of 
      health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic heart failure. 
      METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study, in which HRQoL was measured with 
      the short-form (SF)-36 and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire 
      (MLHFQ) in 544 clinically-stable patients with chronic heart failure managed by 
      97 primary care physicians. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 77.6 years 
      (SD: 9.9) and was significantly higher in women. A total of 31.2% were in New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) grade III-IV and 88.6% had at least one chronic 
      condition. In both questionnaires, physical dimensions scored worse than 
      emotional dimensions. After adjustment was made for multiple regression, seven 
      variables entered into one of the five models and explained between 22% and 36% 
      of the variance. CONCLUSIONS: HRQoL in patients with chronic heart failure is 
      impaired across all domains. Being female and being in NYHA functional class 
      III-IV, as well as other factors such as depression, osteoarticular disease, 
      hospital admission, body mass index and age, were associated with poorer 
      self-perceived HRQoL.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.
FAU - Naveiro-Rilo, Jose Cesareo
AU  - Naveiro-Rilo JC
AD  - Gerencia de Atencion Primaria, Leon, Espana. jnaveiror@saludcastillayleon.es
FAU - Diez-Juarez, Ma Dulcinea
AU  - Diez-Juarez MD
FAU - Flores-Zurutuza, Lourdes
AU  - Flores-Zurutuza L
FAU - Rodriguez-Garcia, Miguel Angel
AU  - Rodriguez-Garcia MA
FAU - Rebollo-Gutierrez, Francisco
AU  - Rebollo-Gutierrez F
FAU - Romero Blanco, Agustin
AU  - Romero Blanco A
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - La calidad de vida en los enfermos con insuficiencia cardiaca: vision desde 
      atencion primaria de salud.
DEP - 20120218
PL  - Spain
TA  - Gac Sanit
JT  - Gaceta sanitaria
JID - 8901623
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Heart Failure/diagnosis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Primary Health Care
MH  - *Quality of Life
EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/10/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/10/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0213-9111(12)00009-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.10.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gac Sanit. 2012 Sep-Oct;26(5):436-43. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.10.013. Epub 
      2012 Feb 18.