PMID- 27665329
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170703
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 1308-4488 (Electronic)
IS  - 1016-5169 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016 Sep
TI  - Relationship between functional capacity and socioeconomic status in a cohort of 
      Turkish heart failure patients.
PG  - 481-7
LID - 10.5543/tkda.2015.85594 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification predicts prognosis 
      for heart failure (HF) patients. Socioeconomic status (SES) has the potential to 
      affect treatment strategy and disease course. The present objective was to 
      investigate whether SES of Turkish HF patients affected NYHA classification. 
      METHODS: Turkish research team-HF (TREAT-HF) is a questionnaire study with 52 
      questions, the purpose of which is to aid in the assessment of various qualities 
      of HF patients. The 2013 TREAT-HF cohort included 503 patients from 11 centers in 
      Turkey. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to NYHA functional 
      classification: I-II, a better functional classification, or III-IV, a poorer 
      functional classification. In addition, patients were analyzed according to 
      gender. RESULTS: Evaluated were NYHA functional classifications of 459 (326 males 
      and 133 females) patients with a mean age of 59.7+/-14.07 years and a mean ejection 
      fraction (EF) of 31.7+/-9.22%. Total monthly family income level of >/=1000 TL, 
      younger age, higher EF, and male gender were independently associated with better 
      NYHA functional classification. In addition to EF, regular weight control was 
      found to be independently associated with better NYHA classification for females, 
      while younger age and income of >/=1000 TL were independently associated with 
      better NYHA classification for males. CONCLUSION: The present results 
      demonstrated that SES was associated with NYHA functional classification in a 
      cohort of Turkish HF patients.
FAU - Kaya, Hakki
AU  - Kaya H
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, 
      Turkey. drhakkikaya84@gmail.com.
FAU - Refiker Ege, Meltem
AU  - Refiker Ege M
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Koru Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
FAU - Zorlu, Ali
AU  - Zorlu A
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Beton, Osman
AU  - Beton O
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Gungor, Hasan
AU  - Gungor H
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydin, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Temizhan, Ahmet
AU  - Temizhan A
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Highly Specialized Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
FAU - Guray, Yesim
AU  - Guray Y
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Highly Specialized Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
FAU - Cavusoglu, Yuksel
AU  - Cavusoglu Y
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Zoghi, Mehdi
AU  - Zoghi M
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan
AU  - Yilmaz MB
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, 
      Turkey.
CN  - TREAT-HF Investigators
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Turkey
TA  - Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars
JT  - Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir
JID - 9426239
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*epidemiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Stroke Volume/physiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
EDAT- 2016/09/26 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/04 06:00
CRDT- 2016/09/26 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5543/tkda.2015.85594 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2016 Sep;44(6):481-7. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2015.85594.