Josep Comín-Colet1, Manuel Anguita2, Francesc Formiga3, Luis Almenar4, María G Crespo-Leiro5, Luis Manzano6, Javier Muñiz7, José Chaves8, Trinidad de Frutos8, Cristina Enjuanes9. 1. Programa de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Grupo de Investigación Biomédica en Enfermedades del Corazón, Programa de Investigación en Procesos Inflamatorios y Cardiovasculares, Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: josepcomin@gmail.com. 2. Programa de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Trasplante, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. 3. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. 4. Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Trasplante, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain. 5. Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca Avanzada y Trasplante Cardiaco, Servicio de Cardiología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain. 6. Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Riesgo Vascular en el Anciano, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. 7. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain. 8. Departamento Médico de Pfizer S.L.U., Madrid, Spain. 9. Programa de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Grupo de Investigación Biomédica en Enfermedades del Corazón, Programa de Investigación en Procesos Inflamatorios y Cardiovasculares, Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Although heart failure negatively affects the health-related quality of life of Spanish patients there is little information on the clinical factors associated with this issue. METHODS: Cross-sectional multicenter study of health-related quality of life. A specific questionnaire (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) and a generic questionnaire (EuroQoL-5D) were administered to 1037 consecutive outpatients with systolic heart failure. RESULTS: Most patients with poor quality of life had a worse prognosis and increased severity of heart failure. Mobility was more limited and rates of pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression were higher in the study patients than in the general population and patients with other chronic conditions. The scores on both questionnaires were very highly correlated (Pearson r =0.815; P < .001). Multivariable linear regression showed that being older (standardized β=-0.2; P=.03), female (standardized β=-10.3; P < .001), having worse functional class (standardized β=-20.4; P < .001), a higher Charlson comorbidity index (standardized β=-1.2; P=.005), and recent hospitalization for heart failure (standardized β=6.28; P=.006) were independent predictors of worse health-related quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with heart failure have worse quality of life than the general Spanish population and patients with other chronic diseases. Female sex, being older, comorbidity, advanced symptoms, and recent hospitalization are determinant factors in health-related quality of life in these patients.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Although heart failure negatively affects the health-related quality of life of Spanish patients there is little information on the clinical factors associated with this issue. METHODS: Cross-sectional multicenter study of health-related quality of life. A specific questionnaire (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) and a generic questionnaire (EuroQoL-5D) were administered to 1037 consecutive outpatients with systolic heart failure. RESULTS: Most patients with poor quality of life had a worse prognosis and increased severity of heart failure. Mobility was more limited and rates of pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression were higher in the study patients than in the general population and patients with other chronic conditions. The scores on both questionnaires were very highly correlated (Pearson r =0.815; P < .001). Multivariable linear regression showed that being older (standardized β=-0.2; P=.03), female (standardized β=-10.3; P < .001), having worse functional class (standardized β=-20.4; P < .001), a higher Charlson comorbidity index (standardized β=-1.2; P=.005), and recent hospitalization for heart failure (standardized β=6.28; P=.006) were independent predictors of worse health-related quality of life. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with heart failure have worse quality of life than the general Spanish population and patients with other chronic diseases. Female sex, being older, comorbidity, advanced symptoms, and recent hospitalization are determinant factors in health-related quality of life in these patients.
Keywords:
Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud; Cuestionarios de calidad de vida específicos y genéricos; Health-related quality of life; Heart failure; Insuficiencia cardiaca; Real life or routine clinical practice; Specific and generic quality of life questionnaires; Vida real o práctica clínica habitual
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