PMID- 25792942
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150320
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1344-1272 (Print)
IS  - 2188-8361 (Electronic)
IS  - 1344-1272 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005
TI  - Health-related quality of life in relation to different levels of disease 
      severity in patients with chronic heart failure.
PG  - 39-45
LID - 10.1298/jjpta.8.39 [doi]
AB  - The purpose of the present study was to compare differences in physiological 
      outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in relation to degree of 
      illness in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and to compare HRQOL in CHF 
      patients with that of a normal Japanese population. One hundred and twenty-five 
      patients with stable CHF (93 men, 32 women, mean age 63.3 +/- 12.4 years) with left 
      ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 40% were enrolled in the 
      present study. We used New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class as an 
      index of degree of illness. In 64 of the 125 patients, physiological outcome 
      measures included peak oxygen uptake (peak O2) and E/CO2 slope. HRQOL was 
      assessed with the medical outcome study short form-36 (SF-36) Japanese version. 
      In addition, SF-36 scores of CHF patients were compared against Japanese standard 
      values. Age and LVEF did not differ according to NYHA functional class. The eight 
      SF-36 subscale scores and peak O2 decreased with increases in the NYHA functional 
      classes, whereas E/CO2 slope increased with increases in NYHA functional class 
      (p<0.05). Of the 8 SF-36 subscales measured in CHF patients, only the bodily pain 
      score attained that of the normal Japanese population. These findings suggest 
      that HRQOL decreases as NYHA functional class increases and other physiological 
      measures worsen. In addition, HRQOL values of CHF patients were low in comparison 
      with standard values of a normal Japanese population.
FAU - Izawa, Kazuhiro P
AU  - Izawa KP
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine 
      Hospital, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Watanabe, Satoshi
AU  - Watanabe S
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine 
      Hospital, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Omiya, Kazuto
AU  - Omiya K
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University 
      School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Yamada, Sumio
AU  - Yamada S
AD  - Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Nagoya, Nagoya 461-8673, Japan.
FAU - Oka, Koichiro
AU  - Oka K
AD  - Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.
FAU - Tamura, Masachika
AU  - Tamura M
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University 
      School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Samejima, Hisanori
AU  - Samejima H
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University 
      School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Osada, Naohiko
AU  - Osada N
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University 
      School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan.
FAU - Iijima, Setsu
AU  - Iijima S
AD  - Institute of Disability Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 112-0012, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PL  - Japan
TA  - J Jpn Phys Ther Assoc
JT  - Journal of the Japanese Physical Therapy Association = Rigaku ryoho
JID - 101213328
PMC - PMC4316504
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - chronic heart failure
OT  - health-related quality of life
OT  - physiological outcomes
EDAT- 2005/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2005/01/01 00:01
PMCR- 2005/01/01
CRDT- 2015/03/21 06:00
PHST- 2004/07/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/09/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/03/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2005/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1298/jjpta.8.39 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Jpn Phys Ther Assoc. 2005;8(1):39-45. doi: 10.1298/jjpta.8.39.