Comín-Colet, JosepAnguita, ManuelFormiga, FrancescAlmenar, LuisCrespo-Leiro, María GManzano, LuisMuñiz, JavierChaves, Joséde Frutos, TrinidadEnjuanes, CristinaVIDA-IC (Quality of Life and Heart Failure in Spain: Current Situation) multicenter study researchers2023-01-252023-01-252015-12-23http://hdl.handle.net/10668/9698Although 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.enCalidad de vida relacionada con la saludCuestionarios de calidad de vida específicos y genéricosHealth-related quality of lifeHeart failureInsuficiencia cardiacaReal life or routine clinical practiceSpecific and generic quality of life questionnairesVida real o práctica clínica habitualAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyChronic DiseaseComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHealth StatusHeart Failure, SystolicHospitalizationHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMobility LimitationPainPrognosisQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsSpainSurveys and Questionnairesresearch article26725973open access10.1016/j.rec.2015.07.0301885-5857http://repositori.upf.edu/bitstream/10230/26248/1/comin-rec-heal.pdf