RT Journal Article
T1 Health-related Quality of Life of Patients With Chronic Systolic Heart Failure in Spain: Results of the VIDA-IC Study.
A1 Comín-Colet, Josep
A1 Anguita, Manuel
A1 Formiga, Francesc
A1 Almenar, Luis
A1 Crespo-Leiro, María G
A1 Manzano, Luis
A1 Muñiz, Javier
A1 Chaves, José
A1 de Frutos, Trinidad
A1 Enjuanes, Cristina
A1 VIDA-IC (Quality of Life and Heart Failure in Spain: Current Situation) multicenter study researchers, 
K1 Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud
K1 Cuestionarios de calidad de vida específicos y genéricos
K1 Health-related quality of life
K1 Heart failure
K1 Insuficiencia cardiaca
K1 Real life or routine clinical practice
K1 Specific and generic quality of life questionnaires
K1 Vida real o práctica clínica habitual
AB 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. 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. 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  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.
YR 2015
FD 2015-12-23
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9698
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9698
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RD Apr 11, 2025