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Xu J, Sun Y, Gong D, Fan Y. Association Between Disease-specific Health-related Quality of Life and All-cause Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: A Meta-analysis. Curr Probl Cardiol 2023; 48:101592. [PMID: 36632931 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The association between disease-specific health quality of life (QoL) and adverse outcomes remains controversial in patients with heart failure (HF). This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the association of QoL measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) or Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) with all-cause mortality in patients with HF. PubMed and Embase databases were comprehensively searched until December 30, 2022 to identify studies investigating the utility of QoL measured by the MLHFQ or KCCQ in predicting all-cause mortality patients with HF. Twenty-five studies reported on 24 articles enrolling 42,414 HF patients were identified. A comparison of the top with the bottom MLHFQ score, the pooled adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of all-cause mortality was 1.56 (95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.26-1.94). When analyzed the MLHFQ as continuous variable, each 10-point MLHFQ score increase conferred a 12% (95% CI 6%-18%) higher risk of all-cause mortality, which was consistently significant for physical component (HR 1.19; 95% CI 1.09-1.30) and mental component (HR 1.21; 95% CI 1.05-1.40). A comparison of the bottom with the top KCCQ score, the pooled adjusted HR was 2.34 (95% CI 2.10-2.60) for all-cause mortality. Furthermore, each 10-point KCCQ score decrease was associated with a 12% (95% CI 7%-16%) higher risk of all-cause mortality. Worse health-related QoL defined by the higher MLHFQ or lower KCCQ score was associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in patients with HF. Assessment of disease-specific health QoL at baseline may provide important prognostic information in these patients.
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- Juan Xu
- Department of Oncology, Ganyu District People's Hospital of Lianyungang City, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
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Savarese G, Lindenfeld J, Stolfo D, Adams K, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Ammirati E, Gottlieb SS, Psotka MA, Rosano GMC, Allen LA. Use of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure: from clinical trials to routine practice. Eur J Heart Fail 2023; 25:139-151. [PMID: 36644876 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that affects mortality/morbidity and acts at different levels in the patient's life, resulting in a drastic impairment in multiple aspects of daily activities (e.g. physical, mental/emotional, and social) and leading to a reduction in quality of life. The definition of disease status and symptom severity has been traditionally based on the physician assessment, while the patient's experience of disease has been long overlooked. The active participation of patients in their own care is necessary to better understand the perception of disease and the multiple aspects of life affected, and to improve adherence to treatments. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) aim to switch traditional care to a more patient-centred approach. Although PROs demonstrated precision in the evaluation of disease status and have a good association with prognosis in several randomized controlled trials, their implementation into clinical practice is limited. This review discusses the modalities of use of PROs in HF, summarizes the most largely adopted PROs in HF care, and provides an overview on the application of PROs in trials and the potential for their transition to clinical practice. By discussing the advantages and the disadvantages of their use, the reasons limiting their application in daily clinical routine, and the strategies that may promote their implementation, this review aims to foster the systematic integration of the patient's standpoint in HF care.
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- Gianluigi Savarese
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- De Gasperis Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centre for Clinical & Basic Research, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Zamora E, González B, Lupón J, Borrellas A, Domingo M, Santiago‐Vacas E, Cediel G, Codina P, Rivas C, Pulido A, Crespo E, Velayos P, Diaz V, Bayes‐Genis A. Quality of life in patients with heart failure and improved ejection fraction: one-year changes and prognosis. ESC Heart Fail 2022; 9:3804-3813. [PMID: 35916351 PMCID: PMC9773756 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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AIMS The criteria for patients with heart failure (HF) and improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) are a baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40%, a ≥10-point increase from baseline LVEF, and a second LVEF measurement >40%. We aimed to (i) assess patients with HF and reduced LVEF (HFrEF) at baseline and compare quality of life (QoL) changes between those that fulfilled and those that did not fulfil the HFimpEF criteria 1 year later and (ii) assess the prognostic role of QoL in patients with HFimpEF. METHODS We reviewed data from a prospective registry of real-world outpatients with HF that were assessed for LVEF and QoL at a first visit to the HF clinic and 1 year later. QoL was evaluated with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLWHFQ). The primary prognostic endpoint was the composite of all-cause death or HF hospitalization. RESULTS Baseline and 1-year LVEF and MLWFQ scores were available for 1040 patients with an initial LVEF ≤40% (mean age, 65.2 ± 11.7 years; 75.9% men). The main aetiology was ischaemic heart disease (52.9%), and patients were mostly in New York heart Association Classes II (71.1%) and III (21.6%). At baseline, the mean LVEF was 28.5% ± 7.3, and the mean MLWHFQ score was 30.2 ± 19.5. After 1 year, the mean LVEF increased to 38.0% ± 12.2, and the MLWHFQ scores improved to 17.4 ± 16.0. In 361 patients that fulfilled the HFimpEF criteria (34.7%), significant improvements were observed in both LVEF (from 28.7% ± 6.6 to 50.9% ± 7.6, P < 0.001) and QoL (from 32.9 ± 20.6 to 16.9 ± 16.0, P < 0.001). Patients that did not fulfil the HFimpEF criteria also showed significant improvements in LVEF (from 28.4% ± 7.6 to 31.1% ± 7.9, P < 0.001) and QoL (from 28.7 ± 18.8 to 17.6 ± 15.9, P < 0.001). However, the QoL improvement was significantly higher in the HFimpEF group (-16.0 ± 23.8 vs. -11.1 ± 20.3, P = 0.001), despite the worse mean baseline MLWHFQ score, compared with the non-HFimpEF group (P = 0.001). The 1-year QoL was similar between groups (P = 0.50). The 1-year MLWHFQ score was independently associated with outcomes; the hazard ratio for the composite endpoint was 1.02 (95% CI: 1.01-1.03, P = 0.006). In contrast, the QoL improvement (with a cut-off ≥5 points) was not independently associated with the composite outcome. CONCLUSIONS Patients with HFrEF showed improved QoL after 1 year, regardless of whether they met the HFimpEF criteria. The similar 1-year QoL perception between groups suggested that factors other than LVEF influenced QoL perception. The 1-year QoL was superior to the QoL change from baseline for predicting prognosis in patients with HFimpEF.
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- Elisabet Zamora
- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain,Department of MedicineUniversitat Autonoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain,CIBERCVInstituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain,Department of MedicineUniversitat Autonoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain,CIBERCVInstituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain,Department of MedicineUniversitat Autonoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain
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- Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiology ServiceUniversity Hospital Germans Trias i PujolBarcelonaSpain,Department of MedicineUniversitat Autonoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain,CIBERCVInstituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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Hu D, Liu J, Zhang L, Bai X, Tian A, Huang X, Zhou K, Gao M, Ji R, Miao F, Li J, Li W, Ge J, He G, Li J. Health Status Predicts Short- and Long-Term Risk of Composite Clinical Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2021; 9:861-873. [PMID: 34509406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to examine the association between the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)-12 score and the 30-day and 1-year rates of composite events of cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF) rehospitalization in patients with acute HF. BACKGROUND Few studies reported the prognostic effects of KCCQ in acute HF. METHODS This study prospectively enrolled adult patients hospitalized for HF from 52 hospitals in China and collected the KCCQ-12 score within 48 hour of index admission. The study used multivariable Cox regression to examine the association between KCCQ-12 score and 30-day and 1-year composite events and was further stratified by new-onset HF and acutely decompensated chronic heart failure (ADCHF). Subgroup analyses were performed to explore the potential heterogeneity. The study evaluated the incremental prognostic value of KCCQ-12 score over N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels and established risk scores by C-statistics, net reclassification improvement, and integrated discrimination improvement. RESULTS Among 4,898 patients, 29.4% had new-onset HF. After adjustment, each 10-point decrease in the KCCQ-12 score was associated with a 13% increase in 30-day risk and a 7% increase in 1-year risk. The associations were consistent regardless of new-onset HF or ADCHF, age, sex, left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association functional class, NT-proBNP level, comorbidities, and renal function. Adding KCCQ-12 score to NT-proBNP and established risk scores significantly improved prognostic capabilities measured by C-statistics, net reclassification improvement, and integrated discrimination improvement. CONCLUSIONS In acute HF, a poor KCCQ-12 score predicted short- and long-term risks of cardiovascular death and HF rehospitalization. KCCQ-12 could serve as a convenient tool for rapid initial risk stratification and provide additional prognostic value over NT-proBNP and established risk scores.
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- Danli Hu
- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medications, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
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Wu JR, Moser DK. Health-Related Quality of Life Is a Mediator of the Relationship Between Medication Adherence and Cardiac Event-Free Survival in Patients with Heart Failure. J Card Fail 2021; 27:848-856. [PMID: 34364662 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important patient-reported outcome that is related to medication adherence, hospitalization and death. The nature of the relationships among medication adherence, HRQOL, and hospitalization and death is unknown. We sought to determine the relationships among medication adherence, HRQOL, and cardiac event-free survival in patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 218 patients with heart failure. Patients' medication adherence was measured objectively using the Medication Event Monitoring System. HRQOL was assessed using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. Patients were followed for up to 3.5 years to collect hospitalization and mortality data. Mediation analysis was used to determine the nature of the relationships among the variables. Patients with better medication adherence had better HRQOL (P = .014). Medication adherence and HRQOL were associated with cardiac event-free survival (both P < .05). Patients with medication nonadherence were 1.86 times more likely to experience a cardiac event than those with better medication adherence (P = .038). Medication adherence was not associated with cardiac event-free survival after entering HRQOL in the model (P = .118), indicating mediation by HRQOL of the relationship between medication adherence and cardiac event-free survival. CONCLUSIONS HRQOL mediated the relationship between medication adherence and cardiac event-free survival. It is important to assess medication adherence and HRQOL regularly and develop interventions to improve medication adherence and HRQOL to decrease hospitalization and mortality in patients with heart failure.
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- Jia-Rong Wu
- College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
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- College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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Moradi M, Daneshi F, Behzadmehr R, Rafiemanesh H, Bouya S, Raeisi M. Quality of life of chronic heart failure patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Fail Rev 2021; 25:993-1006. [PMID: 31745839 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-019-09890-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Despite various individual studies on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with CHF, a comprehensive study has not yet been conducted; therefore, this study aims to assess the QOL of CHF patients. In the present systematic review and meta-analysis, PubMed, Scopus, and the Web of science databases were searched from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2018, using QOL and heart failure as keywords. The searches, screenings, quality assessments, and data extractions were conducted separately by two researchers. A total of 70 studies including 25,180 participants entered the final stage. The mean QOL score was 44.1 (95% confidence interval (CI) 40.6, 47.5; I2 = 99.3%) using a specific random effects method in 40 studies carried out on 12,520 patients. Moreover, according to the geographical region, heart failure patients in the Americas had higher scores. In 14 studies, in which a general SF-36 survey was implemented, the average physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) were 33.3 (95% CI 31.9, 34.7; I2 = 88.0%) and 50.6 (95% CI 43.8, 57.4; I2 = 99.3%), respectively. The general and specific tools used in this study indicated moderate and poor QOL, respectively. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out periodic QOL measurements using appropriate tools as part of the general care of CHF patients.
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- Mandana Moradi
- Clinical Pharmacy Department, School of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran
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- Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Clinical Immunology Research Center, Ali-ebne Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
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- Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran
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Fonseca AF, Lahoz R, Proudfoot C, Corda S, Loefroth E, Jackson J, Cotton S, Studer R. Burden and Quality of Life Among Female and Male Patients with Heart Failure in Europe: A Real-World Cross-Sectional Study. Patient Prefer Adherence 2021; 15:1693-1706. [PMID: 34354345 PMCID: PMC8331086 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s312200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To characterize symptoms, clinical burden, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among women and men with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≤60% in Europe. PATIENTS AND METHODS A real-world cross-sectional study was conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom from June to November 2019. Patient record forms were completed by 257 cardiologists and 158 general practitioners for consecutive patients with HF. The same patients were invited to complete a questionnaire comprising patient-reported outcomes: the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), five-level five-dimension EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire. RESULTS The mean age of 804 patients (men, n=517; women, n=287) was 68.6 years (men, 67.8 years; women, 70.2 years; p=0.0022). The mean LVEF was 44.7% (men, 43.6%; women, 46.8%; p<0.0001). Patients reported dyspnoea when active (overall, 55.7%; men, 56.0%; women, 55.3%), fatigue/weakness/faintness (34.5%; men, 32.9%; women, 37.2%), and oedema (20.3%; men, 18.7%; women, 23.1%) as the most troublesome HF symptoms. Overall, 54.1% of patients reported low mood/depression (men, 50.8%; women, 60.1%). The overall MLHFQ mean score was higher (ie, poorer HRQoL) among women vs men (37.9 vs 34.6; p=0.0481). MLHFQ was consistently higher (ie, poorer HRQoL) for women vs men across the physical (18.6 vs 16.6; p=0.0041) and emotional (9.4 vs 7.9; p=0.0021) scoring domains. Mean EQ-5D utility (0.69 vs 0.75; p=0.0046) and VAS scores (55.4 vs 61.3; p<0.0001) were lower among women compared with men. Overall, 23.4% of patients were hospitalized owing to HF in the previous year (men, 22.7%; women, 24.6%). Patients reported 43.2% activity impairment due to HF (men, 41.6%; women, 46.4%; p=0.01). CONCLUSION HF causes a substantial burden on patients, with a greater burden among women vs men. This gender-related difference is consistent with other HF studies, warranting further research to understand the underlying reasons.
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- Ana Filipa Fonseca
- Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
- Correspondence: Ana Filipa Fonseca Real World Evidence Group, Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Franchise, Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Campus, Basel, CH-4002, Switzerland Tel: +41 (0) 793489979 Email
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Wang G, Liu X, Yang Q. Symptom clusters and quality of life in Chinese patients with heart failure. Collegian 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2019.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Han Q, Ren J, Tian J, Yang H, Zhang Q, Wang R, Zhao J, Han L, Li C, Yan J, Wang K, Zheng C, Han Q, Zhang Y. A nomogram based on a patient-reported outcomes measure: predicting the risk of readmission for patients with chronic heart failure. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2020; 18:290. [PMID: 32854729 PMCID: PMC7450976 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01534-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life, as evaluated by a patient-reported outcomes measure (PROM), is an important prognostic marker in patients with chronic heart failure. This study aimed to use PROM to establish an effective readmission nomogram for chronic heart failure. METHODS Using a PROM as a measurement tool, we conducted a readmission nomogram for chronic heart failure on a prospective observational study comprising of 454 patients with chronic heart failure hospitalized between May 2017 to January 2020. A Concordance index and calibration curve were used to evaluate the discriminative ability and predictive accuracy of the nomogram. A bootstrap resampling method was used for internal validation of results. RESULTS The median follow-up period in the study was 372 days. After a final COX regression analysis, the gender, income, health care, appetite-sleep, anxiety, depression, paranoia, support, and independence were identified and included in the nomogram. The nomogram showed moderate discrimination, with a concordance index of 0.737 (95% CI 0.673-0.800). The calibration curves for the probability of readmission for patients with chronic heart failure showed high consistency between the probability, as predicted, and the actual probability. CONCLUSIONS This model offers a platform to assess the risk of readmission for different populations with CHF and can assist clinicians with personalized treatment recommendations.
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- Qiang Han
- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The 1st Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 85 South Jiefang Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Department of Cardiology, The 1st Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 85 South Jiefang Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The 1st Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 85 South Jiefang Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The 1st Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 85 South Jiefang Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The 1st Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, 85 South Jiefang Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Diseases Risk Assessment, 56 South XinJian Road, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
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Giles L, Freeman C, Field P, Sörstadius E, Kartman B. Humanistic burden and economic impact of heart failure – a systematic review of the literature. F1000Res 2020. [DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.19365.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background: Heart failure (HF) is increasing in prevalence worldwide. This systematic review was conducted to inform understanding of its humanistic and economic burden. Methods: Electronic databases (Embase, MEDLINE®, and Cochrane Library) were searched in May 2017. Data were extracted from studies reporting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 200 patients or more (published 2007–2017), or costs and resource use in 100 patients or more (published 2012–2017). Relevant HRQoL studies were those that used the 12- or 36-item Short-Form Health Surveys, EuroQol Group 5-dimensions measure of health status, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire or Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. Results: In total, 124 studies were identified: 54 for HRQoL and 71 for costs and resource use (Europe: 25/15; North America: 24/50; rest of world/multinational: 5/6). Overall, individuals with HF reported worse HRQoL than the general population and patients with other chronic diseases. Some evidence identified supports a correlation between increasing disease severity and worse HRQoL. Patients with HF incurred higher costs and resource use than the general population and patients with other chronic conditions. Inpatient care and hospitalizations were identified as major cost drivers in HF. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that patients with HF experience worse HRQoL and incur higher costs than individuals without HF or patients with other chronic diseases. Early treatment of HF and careful disease management to slow progression and to limit the requirement for hospital admission are likely to reduce both the humanistic burden and economic impact of HF.
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The Quality of Life of Seniors Hospitalized Due to Cardiovascular Diseases in Poland. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17103721. [PMID: 32466158 PMCID: PMC7277175 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In the light of the increased ageing of the world population, social policy needs to be focused on actions aimed at improving the quality of life of older people. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to assess the quality of life in a population of seniors hospitalized due to cardiovascular disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 408 elderly patients hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases in the Poddębickie Centrum Zdrowia Hospital in Poddębice, Łódzkie voivodship, Poland. The study used two survey questionnaires: the author's survey questionnaire and the standardized SF36v2 Questionnaire. Statistical analysis of the obtained test results was carried out in the R program, version 3.5.1. RESULTS Having analyzed the health status of the study group, it was found that the largest group of subjects (84.07%) were treated due to hypertension. Among the ailments that hindered daily functioning, the respondents indicated primarily poor eyesight (53.68%). Patients assessed their own health as 'mediocre' (average) (58.58%). The analysis of the study results from the SF36v2 Questionnaire showed that the highest quality of life was in the limited activity due to emotional problems (RE) dimension, social functioning (SF), and physical functioning (PF); the weakest scores were observed in vitality (VT), general health perception (GH), and health transition (HT) dimensions. CONCLUSIONS The significant demographic, social and socio-medical factors that determined respondents' quality of life were: age, gender, marital status, education and health situation. The analysis of quality of life according to the SF36v2 Questionnaire showed that the study group functioned better in the mental dimension (MCS-mental component summary, overall mental health) than in the physical one (PCS-physical component summary, total physical health).
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Revuelta-López E, Núñez J, Gastelurrutia P, Cediel G, Januzzi JL, Ibrahim NE, Emdin M, VanKimmenade R, Pascual-Figal D, Núñez E, Gommans F, Lupón J, Bayés-Genís A. Neprilysin inhibition, endorphin dynamics, and early symptomatic improvement in heart failure: a pilot study. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 7:559-566. [PMID: 32045114 PMCID: PMC7160502 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aim Sacubitril/valsartan is a first‐in‐class angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibitor developed for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Its benefits are achieved through the inhibition of neprilysin (NEP) and the specific blockade of the angiotensin receptor AT1. The many peptides metabolized by NEP suggest multifaceted potential consequences of its inhibition. We sought to evaluate the short‐term changes in serum endorphin (EP) values and their relation with patients' physical functioning after initiation of sacubitril/valsartan treatment. Methods and results A total of 105 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, who were candidates for sacubitril/valsartan treatment, were included in this prospective, observational, multicentre, and international study. In a first visit, and in agreement with current guidelines, treatment with angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker was replaced by sacubitril/valsartan because of clinical indication by the responsible physician. By protocol, patients were reevaluated at 30 days after the start of sacubitril/valsartan. Serum levels of α‐ (α‐EP), γ‐Endorphin (γ‐EP), and soluble NEP (sNEP) were measured using enzyme‐linked immunoassays. New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class was used as an indicator of patient's functional status. Baseline median levels of circulating α‐EP, γ‐EP, and sNEP were 582 (160–772), 101 (37–287), and 222 pg/mL (124–820), respectively. There was not a significant increase in α‐EP nor γ‐EP serum values after sacubitril/valsartan treatment (P value = 0.194 and 0.102, respectively). There were no significant differences in sNEP values between 30 days and baseline (P value = 0.103). Medians (IQR) of Δα‐EP, Δγ‐EP, and ΔsNEP between 30 days and baseline were 9.3 (−34 − 44), −3.0 (−46.0 − 18.9), and 0 units (−16.4 − 157.0), respectively. In a pre–post sacubitril/valsartan treatment comparison, there was a significant improvement in NYHA class, with 36 (34.3%) patients experiencing improvement by at least one NYHA class category. Δα‐EP and ΔsNEP showed to be significantly associated with NYHA class after 30 days of treatment (P = 0.014 and P < 0.001, respectively). Δα‐EP was linear and significantly associated with NYHA class improvement after 30 days of sacubitril/valsartan treatment. Conclusions These preliminary data suggest that beyond the haemodynamic benefits achieved with sacubitril/valsartan, the altered cleavage of endorphin peptides by NEP inhibition may participate in patients' symptoms improvement.
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- Elena Revuelta-López
- Heart Failure and Cardiac Regeneration (ICREC) Research Program, Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universitat de València, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; INCLIVA; Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Heart Failure and Cardiac Regeneration (ICREC) Research Program, Health Science Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Service and Heart Failure Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cardiometabolic Trials, Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cardiometabolic Trials, Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, MA, USA
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Department, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universitat de València, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; INCLIVA; Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Service and Heart Failure Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovaculares, (CIBERCV,), Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Service and Heart Failure Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Emdin M, Aimo A, Vergaro G, Bayes-Genis A, Lupón J, Latini R, Meessen J, Anand IS, Cohn JN, Gravning J, Gullestad L, Broch K, Ueland T, Nymo SH, Brunner-La Rocca HP, de Boer RA, Gaggin HK, Ripoli A, Passino C, Januzzi JL. sST2 Predicts Outcome in Chronic Heart Failure Beyond NT-proBNP and High-Sensitivity Troponin T. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 72:2309-2320. [PMID: 30384887 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soluble suppression of tumorigenesis-2 (sST2) is a biomarker related to inflammation and fibrosis. OBJECTIVES This study assessed the independent prognostic value of sST2 in chronic heart failure (HF). METHODS Individual patient data from studies that assessed sST2 for risk prediction in chronic HF, together with N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT), were retrieved. RESULTS A total of 4,268 patients were evaluated (median age 68 years, 75% males, 65% with ischemic HF, 87% with left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <40%). NT-proBNP, hs-TnT, and sST2 were 1,360 ng/l (interquartile interval: 513 to 3,222 ng/l), 18 ng/l (interquartile interval: 9 to 33 ng/l), and 27 ng/l (interquartile interval: 20 to 39 ng/l), respectively. During a 2.4-year median follow-up, 1,319 patients (31%) experienced all-cause death (n = 932 [22%] for cardiovascular causes). Among the 4,118 patients (96%) with available data, 1,029 (24%) were hospitalized at least once for worsening HF over 2.2 years. The best sST2 cutoff for the prediction of all-cause and cardiovascular death and HF hospitalization was 28 ng/ml, with good performance at Kaplan-Meier analysis (log-rank: 117.6, 61.0, and 88.6, respectively; all p < 0.001). In a model that included age, sex, body mass index, ischemic etiology, LVEF, New York Heart Association functional class, glomerular filtration rate, HF medical therapy, NT-proBNP, and hs-TnT, the risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and HF hospitalization increased by 26%, 25%, and 30%, respectively, per each doubling of sST2. sST2 retained its independent prognostic value across most population subgroups. CONCLUSIONS sST2 yielded strong, independent predictive value for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, and HF hospitalization in chronic HF, and deserves consideration to be part of a multimarker panel together with NT-proBNP and hs-TnT.
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- Michele Emdin
- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiovascular Research IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche-"Mario Negri," Milano, Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Department of Cardiology, VA Medical Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway; Centre for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Centre, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Erceg P, Despotovic N, Milosevic DP, Soldatovic I, Mihajlovic G, Vukcevic V, Mitrovic P, Markovic-Nikolic N, Micovic M, Mitrovic D, Davidovic M. Prognostic value of health-related quality of life in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. Clin Interv Aging 2019; 14:935-945. [PMID: 31190779 PMCID: PMC6535443 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s201403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Purpose: Previous research has shown that poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is associated with adverse long-term prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF); however, there have been inconsistencies among studies and not all of them confirmed the prognostic value of HRQOL. In addition, few studies involved elderly patients and most focused on all-cause mortality and HF-related hospitalization as outcomes. The aim of our study was to determine whether HRQOL is a predictor and an independent predictor of long-term cardiac mortality, all-cause mortality, and HF-related rehospitalization in elderly patients hospitalized with HF. Patients and methods: This prospective observational study included 200 elderly patients hospitalized with HF in Serbia. HRQOL was measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire (MLHFQ). The median follow-up period was 28 months. The primary outcome was cardiac mortality, and all-cause mortality and HF-related rehospitalization were secondary outcomes. Survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox-proportional hazards regression. Results: Subjects with poor HRQOL (higher than the median MLHFQ score) had a higher probability of cardiac mortality (P=0.029) and HF-related rehospitalization (P=0.001) during long-term follow-up. Poor HRQOL was an independent predictor of cardiac mortality (HR: 2.051, 95% CI: 1.260–3.339, P=0.004), all-cause mortality (HR: 1.620, 95% CI: 1.076–2.438, P=0.021), and HF-related rehospitalization (HR: 2.040, 95% CI: 1.290–3.227, P=0.002). Conclusion: HRQOL is an independent predictor of long-term cardiac mortality in elderly patients hospitalized with HF. It also independently predicts all-cause mortality and HF-related rehospitalization. HRQOL could be used as a complementary clinical predictive tool in this patient population.
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- Predrag Erceg
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Clinical Department of Geriatrics, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Clinical Department of Geriatrics, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Clinical Department of Geriatrics, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Clinical Department of Geriatrics, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Clinical Department of Cardiology, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinical Department of Geriatrics, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, "Zvezdara" University Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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Mini nutritional assessment is a better predictor of mortality than subjective global assessment in heart failure out-patients. Clin Nutr 2018; 38:2740-2746. [PMID: 30616882 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS There is no consensus on the best method for nutritional screening and assessment in patients with heart failure (HF). This study aimed to determine which nutritional assessment method had the highest prognostic significance for patients with HF treated in outpatient clinics. We also aimed to identify a fast, reliable screening method for detecting malnutrition in these patients. METHODS This prospective study included 151 subjects that attended an outpatient HF clinic at a university hospital. All patients completed three nutritional screening tools: the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), the MNA-short form (MNA-SF), and the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), and then, two nutritional assessment questionnaires: the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment®(MNA). Patients were followed-up for 2 years. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality. RESULTS Malnutrition or nutritional risk was identified in 15.9% of patients with the SGA and in 25.1% of patients with the MNA. Age, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and MNA were the only independent all-cause death predictors after adjusting for age, gender, NYHA functional class, body mass index, Barthel index, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers, and treatment with beta-blockers. The SGA could not independently predict all-cause mortality in a multivariate analysis that included the same covariates. The MNA-SF had the best sensitivity, specificity, and kappa coefficient for screening malnutrition, based on the MNA and the SGA as references, compared to the other screening methods. CONCLUSIONS In our cohort, malnutrition assessed by MNA, but not by SGA, was an independent predictor of mortality. MNA-SF showed remarkable sensitivity and specificity; thus, it might be a valuable tool for rapidly identifying malnutrition risk in outpatients with HF.
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Costa HS, Lima MMO, Figueiredo PHS, Chaves AT, Nunes MCP, da Costa Rocha MO. The prognostic value of health-related quality of life in patients with Chagas heart disease. Qual Life Res 2018; 28:67-72. [PMID: 30167935 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-1980-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To verify the prognostic value of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the differences in HRQoL and clinical variables between groups of Chagas heart disease (CHD) patients with and without cardiovascular adverse events. METHODS Seventy-five CHD patients were evaluated by echocardiography, maximal exercise testing, and Short-form of Health Survey (SF-36) Questionnaire. Patients were followed during 6 years. In the statistical analysis, uni- and multivariate Cox regression were performed to verify the accuracy of the HRQoL in predicting cardiovascular events. RESULTS After the follow-up period (41 ± 12 months), 20 patients (27%) had adverse events. Those with poor outcome had lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (p = 0.002), higher left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd) (p = 0.019), and worse scores in general health perceptions (p = 0.047), social role functioning (p = 0.026), and mental component summary (p = 0.043) of SF-36. Patients with lower LVEF (p = 0.003), higher LVDd (p = 0.022), worse HRQoL in the general heath perceptions domain (p = 0.022), and mental component summary (p = 0.031) were associated with worse prognosis. In the multivariate Cox regression, LVEF (HR 0.94, 95% CI from 0.90 to 0.98, p = 0.007) and mental component summary (HR 0.98, 95% CI from 0.94 to 1.00, p = 0.047) remained as independent predictors of adverse events in CHD patients. CONCLUSION The assessment of HRQoL, especially the mental component, should be taken into account to provide an accurate prognosis in addition to other well-established predictors of poor outcomes in CHD patients.
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- Henrique Silveira Costa
- Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Hospital das Clinicas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30.130-100, Brazil.
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- Healthy and Biological Sciences Faculty, Physical Therapy School, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil
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- Healthy and Biological Sciences Faculty, Physical Therapy School, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Hospital das Clinicas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30.130-100, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Hospital das Clinicas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30.130-100, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Hospital das Clinicas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30.130-100, Brazil
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Gastelurrutia P, Lupón J, Moliner P, Yang X, Cediel G, de Antonio M, Domingo M, Altimir S, González B, Rodríguez M, Rivas C, Díaz V, Fung E, Zamora E, Santesmases J, Núñez J, Woo J, Bayes-Genis A. Comorbidities, Fragility, and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients With Midrange Ejection Fraction. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes 2018; 2:176-185. [PMID: 30225447 PMCID: PMC6124320 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2018.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objective To assess the effects of comorbidities, fragility, and quality of life (QOL) on long-term prognosis in ambulatory patients with heart failure (HF) with midrange left ventricular ejection fraction (HFmrEF), an unexplored area. Patients and Methods Consecutive patients prospectively evaluated at an HF clinic between August 1, 2001, and December 31, 2015, were retrospectively analyzed on the basis of left ventricular ejection fraction category. We compared patients with HFmrEF (n=185) to those with reduced (HFrEF; n=1058) and preserved (HFpEF; n=162) ejection fraction. Fragility was defined as 1 or more abnormal evaluations on 4 standardized geriatric scales (Barthel Index, Older Americans Resources and Services scale, Pfeiffer Test, and abbreviated-Geriatric Depression Scale). The QOL was assessed with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. A comorbidity score (0-7) was constructed. All-cause death, HF-related hospitalization, and the composite end point of both were assessed. Results Comorbidities and QOL scores were similar in HFmrEF (2.41±1.5 and 30.1±18.3, respectively) and HFrEF (2.30±1.4 and 30.8±18.5, respectively) and were higher in HFpEF (3.02±1.5, P<.001, and 36.5±20.7, P=.003, respectively). No statistically significant differences in fragility between HFmrEF (48.6%) and HFrEF (41.9%) (P=.09) nor HFpEF (54.3%) (P=.29) were found. In univariate analysis, the association of comorbidities, QOL, and fragility with the 3 end points was higher for HFmrEF than for HFrEF and HFpEF. In multivariate analysis, comorbidities were independently associated with the 3 end points (P≤.001), and fragility was independently associated with all-cause death and the composite end point (P<.001) in HFmrEF. Conclusion Comorbidities and fragility are independent predictors of outcomes in ambulatory patients with HFmrHF and should be considered in the routine clinical assessment of HFmrEF.
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Key Words
- GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale
- HF, heart failure
- HFmrEF, heart failure and mildly reduced ejection fraction
- HFpEF, heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
- HFrEF, heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction
- LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction
- MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire
- NYHA, New York Heart Association
- OARS, Older Americans Resources and Services
- QOL, quality of life
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- Paloma Gastelurrutia
- ICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute in Health Sciences, Badalona, Spain.,Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, UAB, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Cardiovascular, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Cardiovascular, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, UAB, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Cardiovascular, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- CIBER Cardiovascular, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA, Department of Medicine, University of València, València, Spain
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- ICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute in Health Sciences, Badalona, Spain.,Cardiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, UAB, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Cardiovascular, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Direction of the Relationship Between Acceptance of Illness and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure Patients. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2018; 32:348-356. [PMID: 27685859 DOI: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study provides an in-depth insight into the relationships between illness acceptance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Although HRQoL is a well-established endpoint in CHF, little is known on illness acceptance in this group. AIMS The aim of this study is to critically reconsider the direction of a relationship between HRQoL and illness acceptance in CHF patients. METHODS The study included 204 patients (160 men and 44 women; mean age, 63 ± 11 years) with at least 6-month clinical evidence of CHF corresponding to New York heart Association (NYHA) classes I to IV. All the patients were examined with the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS). RESULTS Univariate analysis showed that the level of illness acceptance correlated inversely with patient age, and the level of HRQoL decreased with the severity of CHF (NYHA class). A relationship between illness acceptance and HRQoL was analyzed by structural equation modeling. Model 1 was based on the assumption that HRQoL is modulated by illness acceptance, and model 2 tested the opposite relationship. Both models included patient age and NYHA class as extrinsic determinants of AIS and MLHFQ scores, respectively. Model 2 proved to be well fitted (χ [df = 2] = 3.22, P = .20, root-mean-square error of approximation = 0.055). Scores on the AIS correlated inversely with age (bage->AIS = -0.15, SE = 0.05, P = .002) and HRQoL (bQoL->AIS = -0.15, SE = 0.02, P < .001), and an increase in NYHA class was reflected by an increase in HRQoL scores (bNYHA->QoL = 5.75, SE = 1.97, P = .004). CONCLUSION Patients with CHF may not accept their disease due to deteriorated HRQoL. As a result, they may be uninvolved in the therapeutic process, which leads to exacerbation of CHF, further deterioration of HRQoL, and inability to accept the illness.
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Comorbidity health pathways in heart failure patients: A sequences-of-regressions analysis using cross-sectional data from 10,575 patients in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. PLoS Med 2018; 15:e1002540. [PMID: 29584734 PMCID: PMC5870940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Optimally treated heart failure (HF) patients often have persisting symptoms and poor health-related quality of life. Comorbidities are common, but little is known about their impact on these factors, and guideline-driven HF care remains focused on cardiovascular status. The following hypotheses were tested: (i) comorbidities are associated with more severe symptoms and functional limitations and subsequently worse patient-rated health in HF, and (ii) these patterns of association differ among selected comorbidities. METHODS AND FINDINGS The Swedish Heart Failure Registry (SHFR) is a national population-based register of HF patients admitted to >85% of hospitals in Sweden or attending outpatient clinics. This study included 10,575 HF patients with patient-rated health recorded during first registration in the SHFR (1 February 2008 to 1 November 2013). An a priori health model and sequences-of-regressions analysis were used to test associations among comorbidities and patient-reported symptoms, functional limitations, and patient-rated health. Patient-rated health measures included the EuroQol-5 dimension (EQ-5D) questionnaire and the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS). EQ-VAS score ranges from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health). Patient-rated health declined progressively from patients with no comorbidities (mean EQ-VAS score, 66) to patients with cardiovascular comorbidities (mean EQ-VAS score, 62) to patients with non-cardiovascular comorbidities (mean EQ-VAS score, 59). The relationships among cardiovascular comorbidities and patient-rated health were explained by their associations with anxiety or depression (atrial fibrillation, odds ratio [OR] 1.16, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.27; ischemic heart disease [IHD], OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.32) and with pain (IHD, OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.38). Associations of non-cardiovascular comorbidities with patient-rated health were explained by their associations with shortness of breath (diabetes, OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.32; chronic kidney disease [CKD, OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.38; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], OR 95% CI 1.84, 1.62 to 2.10) and with fatigue (diabetes, OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.42; CKD, OR 1.24, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.38; COPD, OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.50 to 1.91). There were direct associations between all symptoms and patient-rated health, and indirect associations via functional limitations. Anxiety or depression had the strongest association with functional limitations (OR 10.03, 95% CI 5.16 to 19.50) and patient-rated health (mean difference in EQ-VAS score, -18.68, 95% CI -23.22 to -14.14). HF optimizing therapies did not influence these associations. Key limitations of the study include the cross-sectional design and unclear generalisability to other populations. Further prospective HF studies are required to test the consistency of the relationships and their implications for health. CONCLUSIONS Identification of distinct comorbidity health pathways in HF could provide the evidence for individualised person-centred care that targets specific comorbidities and associated symptoms.
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Western medication plus Traditional Chinese Medicine preparations in patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective, single-blind, randomized, controlled, and multicenter clinical trial. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(18)30038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and heart failure: patient tolerance after three-month discontinuation of treatment with adaptive servo-ventilation. Heart Vessels 2017; 32:909-915. [PMID: 28188451 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-017-0951-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The recent SERVE HF study concluded that patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) have increased mortality when treated with adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV). We, therefore, wanted to explore if these patients tolerated discontinuation of ASV treatment. The study was a prospective post-ASV treatment observational design with a 3-month follow-up period. 14 patients from our outpatient clinic, all male, were originally diagnosed with CHF and Cheyne-Stokes respiration, which is a clinical form of central sleep apnea. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was ≤45% when ASV treatment was initiated. Median machine use was 68 (42-78) months when the patients were instructed to terminate ASV treatment. The patients were then followed during conventional CHF treatment for 3 months. Study baseline was set the last ASV treatment day. Sleep data were collected from the machine the last day of use. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), LVEF, 6-min walk test and 24-h ambulatory electrocardiogram recordings were performed at baseline and at study end. Life quality data were obtained using The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionaire (MLHFQ). New York Heart Association Functional Classification (NYHA) was registered. An ambulatory sleep screening was performed at study end. AHI increased significantly after 3 months without ASV treatment [from 1.6 (0.8-3.2) to 39.2 (24.3-44.1, p = 0.001)]. Quality of life (QOL) decreased significantly: 30 (13-54) at discontinuation of ASV vs. 46 (24-67) (MLHFQ) at study end, p = 0.04. Though there was no significant change in NYHA functional class, patients especially reported increased shortness of breath, reduced concentration and reduced memory after discontinuation of ASV treatment. There were no significant differences in LVEF, heart rhythm data and physical capacity. Left ventricular function was preserved indicating that discontinuation of ASV in heart failure patients does not affect cardiac capacity. There was a significant decrement in QOL that must be considered in further treatment of these patients.
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Olseng MW, Olsen BF, Hetland A, Fagermoen MS, Jacobsen M. Quality of life improves in patients with chronic heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration treated with adaptive servo-ventilation in a nurse-led heart failure clinic. J Clin Nurs 2017; 26:1226-1233. [PMID: 27273784 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate if quality of life improved in chronic heart failure patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration treated with adaptive servo-ventilation in nurse-led heart failure clinic. BACKGROUND Cheyne-Stokes respiration is associated with decreased quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure. Adaptive servo-ventilation is introduced to treat this sleep-disordered breathing. DESIGN Randomised, controlled design. METHODS Fifty-one patients (ranging from 53-84 years), New York Heart Association III-IV and/or left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40% and Cheyne-Stokes respiration were randomised to an intervention group who received adaptive servo-ventilation or a control group. Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire was used to assess quality of life at randomisation and after three months. Both groups were followed in the nurse-led heart failure clinic. RESULT Adaptive servo ventilation improved quality of life-scores both in a per protocol analysis and in an intention to treat analysis. Twenty-one patients dropped out of the study, nine in the control and 12 in the intervention group. CONCLUSION Use of adaptive servo-ventilation improved quality of life in chronic heart failure patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration. However, the drop-out rate was high. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Chronic heart failure patients come regularly to the nurse-led heart failure clinic. The heart failure nurses' competency has to include knowledge of equipment to provide support and continuity of care to the patients.
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- Intensive and Post Operative Unit, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway
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- Department of Medicine, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway
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- Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medicine, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway.,Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.,Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Health-Related Quality of Life, Functional Status, and Cardiac Event-Free Survival in Patients With Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2017; 31:236-44. [PMID: 25774841 DOI: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQOL), functional status, and cardiac event-free survival are outcomes used to assess the effectiveness of interventions in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the nature of the relationships among HRQOL, functional status, and cardiac event-free survival remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of the relationships among HRQOL, functional status, and cardiac event-free survival in patients with HF. METHODS This was a prospective, observational study of 313 patients with HF that was a secondary analysis from a registry. At baseline, patient demographic and clinical data were collected. Health-related quality of life was assessed using the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire and functional status was measured using the Duke Activity Status Index. Cardiac event-free survival data were obtained by patient interview, hospital database, and death certificate review. Multiple linear and Cox regressions were used to explore the relationships among HRQOL, functional status, and cardiac event-free survival while adjusting for demographic and clinical factors. RESULTS Participants (n = 313) were men (69%), white (79%), and aged 62 ± 11 years. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 35% ± 14%. The mean HRQOL score of 32.3 ± 20.6 indicated poor HRQOL. The mean Duke Activity Status Index score of 16.2 ± 12.9 indicated poor functional status. Cardiac event-free survival was significantly worse in patients who had worse HRQOL or poorer functional status. Patients who had better functional status had better HRQOL (P < .001). Health-related quality of life was not a significant predictor of cardiac event-free survival after entering functional status in the model (P = .54), demonstrating that it was a mediator of the relationship between HRQOL and outcome. CONCLUSION Functional status was a mediator between HRQOL and cardiac event-free survival. These data suggest that intervention studies to improve functional status are needed.
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RATIONALE Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disease with high morbidity and mortality despite advances in medical therapy. The relationship between patient-related outcomes, such as health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and survival is not well described. OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between HRQOL and outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. METHODS Consecutive patients with right heart catheterization-proven pulmonary arterial hypertension who completed the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 survey (SF-36) were included. Demographic, clinical, physiological, and hemodynamic data were collected at baseline. Survival was assessed from the time of diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Cox proportional hazard models were constructed to assess the relationship between HRQOL and transplant-free survival. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Eighty-seven patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension were enrolled and followed prospectively for a median of 3.8 years. At baseline, HRQOL was significantly worse than U.S. normal values for six of eight domains of the SF-36. Several domains demonstrated moderate correlation (r value ≥ 0.40) with 6-minute-walk distance and World Health Organization functional class; there were no significant associations with hemodynamics. In univariable Cox proportional hazard models, six of eight domains and both summary scores were significantly associated with survival. In multivariable models, adjusted for age, disease type, and cardiac function, these relationships largely persisted. CONCLUSIONS In this cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, HRQOL, as assessed by the SF-36, was strongly associated with transplant-free survival. These relationships persisted when controlling for potential confounders such as disease type and disease severity. These findings suggest that HRQOL may be an important predictor of outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension and therefore a target for future therapeutic interventions.
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Psotka MA, von Maltzahn R, Anatchkova M, Agodoa I, Chau D, Malik FI, Patrick DL, Spertus JA, Wiklund I, Teerlink JR. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure: Applicability for Regulatory Approval. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2016; 4:791-804. [PMID: 27395351 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The study sought to review the characteristics of existing patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments used with chronic heart failure (HF) patients and evaluate their potential to support an approved U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) product label claim. BACKGROUND PROs, including symptoms and their associated functional limitations, contribute substantially to HF patient morbidity. PRO measurements capture the patient perspective and can be systematically assessed with structured questionnaires, however rigorous recommendations have been set by the FDA regarding the acceptability of PRO measures as a basis for product label claims. METHODS Extensive searches of databases and specialty guidelines identified PRO instruments used in patients with chronic HF. Information on critical properties recommended by the FDA guidance were systematically extracted and used to evaluate the selected PRO instruments. RESULTS Nineteen PRO instruments used with chronic HF patients were identified. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire were the most extensively evaluated and validated in studies of this population. However, judged by criteria listed in the FDA PRO guidance, no existing PRO measure met all of the criteria to support a product label claim in the United States. CONCLUSIONS Currently available chronic HF PRO measures do not fulfill all the recommendations provided in the FDA PRO guidance and therefore may not support an FDA-approved product label claim. Future investigations are merited to develop a PRO measure for use in patients with chronic HF in accordance with the FDA guidance.
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- Mitchell A Psotka
- School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco and Section of Cardiology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
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- Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California
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- Cytokinetics, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco and Section of Cardiology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
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Miró Ò, Escoda R, Martín-Sánchez F, Herrero P, Jacob J, Rizzi M, Aguirre A, Andueza J, Bueno H, Llorens P. Assessment of the knowledge and perception of support of patients with heart failure SOPICA study IN SPAIN. Rev Clin Esp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Miró Ò, Escoda R, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero P, Jacob J, Rizzi M, Aguirre A, Andueza JA, Bueno H, Llorens P. Assessment of the knowledge and perception of support of patients with heart failure SOPICA study IN SPAIN. Rev Clin Esp 2016; 216:237-47. [PMID: 27000272 DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the perceptions of patients with heart failure (HF) concerning their disease, treatment and support, as well as the specialists who provide care after a decompensation, and to determine whether there is a relationship between the type of specialist involved in the follow-up and the medium-term prognosis. METHODS A multicentre, prospective cohort study consecutively included patients with acute HF in the emergency department. The patients were interviewed by telephone 91-180days after their emergency department visit. We investigated the relationship between the type of specialist who performed the follow-up and the emergency department visits or hospitalisations using Cox regression models, with progressive adjustment by groups of potential confounders of these relationships. RESULTS We interviewed 785 patients. Thirty-three percent (95%CI: 30%-36%) considered their disease mild, 64% (60%-67%) required help from third parties for daily activities, 65% (61%-68%) had no recent therapeutic changes, and 69% (67%-72%) received the same treatment in the exacerbations. The perceived support varied significantly depending on the factor under consideration (from greater to lesser: family, hospital, emergency department, health centre, religion and patient associations; p<.05 in all comparisons). Thirty-nine percent (36%-43%) of the patients with decompensations consulted directly with the emergency department, with no prior changes in treatment. At discharge, general practitioners (74%, 71%-77%) and cardiologists (74%, 70%-77%) were the most involved in the follow-up, although the specialty was not related to the prognosis. CONCLUSION There are various aspects of the perception of patients with HF concerning their disease that are susceptible to future interventions. Patient follow-up involves various specialties, but all achieve similar results in the medium term.
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- Ò Miró
- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Grupo de Investigación «Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías», IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España.
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Grupo de Investigación «Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías», IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, España; Instituto de Investigación i+12 y Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, España
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Joyce E, Chung C, Badloe S, Odutayo K, Desai A, Givertz MM, Nohria A, Lakdawala NK, Stewart GC, Young M, Weintraub J, Stevenson LW, Lewis EF. Variable Contribution of Heart Failure to Quality of Life in Ambulatory Heart Failure With Reduced, Better, or Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2016; 4:184-93. [PMID: 26874379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The relative contribution of heart failure (HF) compared with other medical and nonmedical factors on diminished quality of life (QOL) across subtypes with reduced, better, and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in a large ambulatory HF population was evaluated. BACKGROUND Dominant factors influencing limited QOL in patients with HF have not been investigated. METHODS Before routine HF clinic visits, 726 patients with ambulatory HF (mean age 56 ± 15 years, 37% women) completed a 1-page questionnaire that assessed QOL and relative contributions of HF compared with other medical and nonmedical factors to their QOL limitations. Visual analogue scales were used to assess overall QOL, breathing, and energy level. Results were compared across reduced (57%), preserved (16%) and better (improvement in LVEF ≥50%) (19%) subtypes. RESULTS Just under one-half of patients (48%) rated QOL as limited dominantly by HF, 19% rated HF and medical problems as equally limiting, 18% cited medical problems as dominant, and 15% cited nonmedical factors. Patients with HF with better LVEF had the highest overall QOL score and less dyspnea burden than those with HF with preserved EF. Independent correlates of HF-dominated diminished QOL were prior cardiac surgery, worse New York Heart Association functional class, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone antagonism, use of diuretic agents, lower body mass index, lower LVEF, and lack of arthritis or history of cancer. CONCLUSIONS Fewer than one-half of patients with ambulatory HF rated HF as the greatest limitation to their QOL, suggesting that this important outcome will be difficult to affect by HF-targeted therapies alone, particularly in those with higher LVEFs and comorbidities. Patients with HF with better LVEF represent a distinct subtype with better overall QOL.
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- Emer Joyce
- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Blok IM, van Riel ACMJ, Schuuring MJ, Duffels MG, Vis JC, van Dijk APJ, Hoendermis ES, Mulder BJM, Bouma BJ. Decrease in quality of life predicts mortality in adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease. Neth Heart J 2015; 23:278-84. [PMID: 25911012 PMCID: PMC4409603 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-015-0666-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Decrease in quality of life (QoL) in left-sided heart failure precedes poor survival, which can be reversed with exercise training. We investigated whether QoL is associated with mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) patients. Methods In this observational study, PAH-CHD adults referred for PAH-specific therapy were included. QoL surveys (SF36) were recorded during 2 years of therapy. Based on shift in SF36 scores during this period, patients had either decreased or non-decreased QoL. Subsequently, the patients were followed for mortality. Results Thirty-nine PAH-CHD patients (mean age 42, 44 % male, 49 % Down’s syndrome) were analysed. Following PAH-specific therapy, SF36 physical component summary (PCS) decreased in 13 (35–31 points, p = 0.001) and showed no decrease in 26 patients (34–43 points, mean values, p < 0.001). Post-initiation phase, median follow-up was 4.5 years, during which 12 deaths occurred (31 %), 10 (56 %) in the decreased and 2 (10 %) in the non-decreased group (p = 0.002). Cox regression showed a decrease in SF36 PCS predicted mortality (HR 3.4, 95 % CI 1.03–11, p = 0.045). Conclusions In PAH-CHD patients, decrease in SF36 PCS following initiation of PAH-specific therapy is a determinant of mortality. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12471-015-0666-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- I M Blok
- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Drug therapy for heart failure in older patients-what do they want? JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY : JGC 2015; 12:165-73. [PMID: 25870620 PMCID: PMC4394332 DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is predominantly seen in older patients, and therefore real life medicine often requires the extrapolation of findings from trials conducted in much younger populations. Prescribing patterns and potential benefits in the elderly are heavily influenced by polypharmacy and co-morbid pathologies. Increasing longevity may become less relevant in the frail elderly, whereas improving quality of life (QoL) often becomes priority; the onus being on improving wellbeing, maintaining independence for longer, and delaying institutionalisation. Specific studies evaluating elderly patients with CHF are lacking and little is known regarding the tolerability and side-effect profile of evidence based drug therapies in this population. There has been recent interest on the impact of heart rate in patients with symptomatic CHF. Ivabradine, with selective heart rate lowering capabilities, is of benefit in patients with CHF and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in sinus rhythm, resulting in reduction of heart failure hospitalisation and cardiovascular death. This manuscript will focus on CHF and the older patient and will discuss the impact of heart rate, drug therapies and tolerability. It will also highlight the unmet need for specific studies that focus on patient-centred study end points rather than mortality targets that characterise most therapeutic trials. An on-going study evaluating the impact of ivabradine on QoL that presents a unique opportunity to evaluate the tolerability and impact of an established therapy on a wide range of real life, older patients with CHF will be discussed.
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Berg J, Lindgren P, Kahan T, Schill O, Persson H, Edner M, Mejhert M. Health-related quality of life and long-term morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalised with systolic heart failure. JRSM Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 3:2048004014548735. [PMID: 25396054 PMCID: PMC4228927 DOI: 10.1177/2048004014548735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Health-related quality of life has been shown to impact prognosis in chronic heart failure, however with limited long-term follow-up. We analysed data spanning 8–12 years to assess the impact of health-related quality of life using the Nottingham Health Profile on first hospitalisation and mortality, for cardiovascular and all causes. Methods We included 208 patients aged ≥60 years with New York Heart Association class II–IV and left ventricular systolic dysfunction hospitalised in Stockholm during 1996–99. Data on hospital admissions, discharge diagnoses and date and cause of death were collected from administrative databases and medical records until 2007. Cox proportional hazard models were employed to analyse the time to event for mortality and hospitalisations. Results Mean age was 76 years, 58% were male and mean ejection fraction was 34%. Median survival was 4.6 years (range 6 days–11.9 years); 148 patients died. All-cause and cardiovascular mortality were determined by physical mobility (by Nottingham Health Profile), age, gender, diuretic dose and haemoglobin level. Glomerular filtration rate was significant for all-cause mortality, while atrioventricular plane displacement was predictive of cardiovascular mortality. Median time to first all-cause and cardiovascular hospitalisation was 5.7 and 11.2 months, respectively. Time to first all-cause hospitalisation was determined by physical mobility, emotional reactions, age, gender and haemoglobin level, while only physical mobility and diuretic dose predicted time to first cardiovascular hospitalisation. Conclusions In conclusion, in patients with systolic chronic heart failure, physical mobility as part of health-related quality of life is an independent prognostic marker for cardiovascular and all-cause readmissions and mortality over 12 years.
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- Jenny Berg
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; OptumInsight, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; IVBAR, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; Department of Medicine, Ersta Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gastelurrutia P, Lupón J, Altimir S, de Antonio M, González B, Cabanes R, Rodríguez M, Urrutia A, Domingo M, Zamora E, Díez C, Coll R, Bayes-Genis A. Fragility is a key determinant of survival in heart failure patients. Int J Cardiol 2014; 175:62-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lee KS, Lennie TA, Wu JR, Biddle MJ, Moser DK. Depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life, and cardiac event-free survival in patients with heart failure: a mediation analysis. Qual Life Res 2014; 23:1869-76. [PMID: 24488573 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0636-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms both are associated with an adverse prognosis in heart failure (HF), although their associations with outcomes have been examined only in isolation. Therefore, it is unknown how HRQOL and depressive symptoms might interact in their associations with outcomes. The present study was conducted to determine whether the association between HRQOL and cardiac event-free survival is mediated by depressive symptoms in HF patients given that depressive symptoms are associated strongly with HRQOL. METHODS A total of 209 HF patients (61 ± 11 years, 24 % female, 49 % NYHA III/IV) participated. The Minnesota Living with HF Questionnaire and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used to measure HRQOL and depressive symptoms, respectively. Patients were followed for a median of 357 days to determine cardiac event-free survival. RESULTS In Cox regression analysis, HRQOL [hazard ratio (HR) 1.013; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.001-1.026] and depressive symptoms (HR 1.075; 95 % CI 1.025-1.127) predicted cardiac event-free survival separately, controlling for demographic and clinical variables. HRQOL independently explained 38.7 % of the variance in depressive symptoms (p < 0.05; standardized β = 0.695) in a multiple regression. When HRQOL and depressive symptoms were entered in the model simultaneously, only depressive symptoms independently predicted cardiac event-free survival (HR 1.068; 95 % CI 1.001-1.139), demonstrating a mediation effect of depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between HRQOL and cardiac event-free survival. Interventions targeting HRQOL to enhance patient outcomes must also address patient depressive symptoms to be fully efficacious.
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- Kyoung Suk Lee
- School of Nursing, K6/342 Clinical Sciences Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792-2455, USA,
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Gastelurrutia P, Lupón J, Altimir S, de Antonio M, González B, Cabanes R, Cano L, Urrutia A, Domingo M, Zamora E, Díez C, Coll R, Bayes-Genis A. Effect of fragility on quality of life in patients with heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2013; 112:1785-9. [PMID: 24012028 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease that frequently causes quality of life (QoL) impairment. We aimed to evaluate whether fragility affects QoL perception in outpatients with HF across age strata. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLWHFQ) was used to assess QoL, and fragility was defined according to basic standardized geriatric scales. Predefined criteria for such scales were scores of Barthel index <90, Older Americans' Resources and Services scale <10 in women and <6 in men, and Pfeiffer test >3 (±1 depending on educational grade) and ≥1 positive depression response on the abbreviated Geriatric Depression Scale. We evaluated 1,405 consecutive outpatients with HF (27.8% women, median age 69 years [twenty-fifth to seventy-fifth percentiles: 59 to 76 years]). Fragility, defined as at least 1 abnormal evaluation, was detected in 621 patients (44.2%). A positive depression response on the abbreviated Geriatric Depression Scale was the most prevalent (31.2%) component of fragility. We found a strong correlation between MLWHFQ score and the presence of fragility and all fragility components (all p <0.001). These associations prevailed in both younger (<75 years) and older patients (≥75 years; all p values <0.001 except for Pfeiffer test in younger patients [p = 0.007]). In multivariate regression analysis, QoL remained significantly associated with fragility after adjustment for age, gender, etiology of HF, left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association functional class, co-morbidities, and HF treatment, in both younger and older patients (p <0.001). In conclusion, MLWHFQ, a specific HF QoL questionnaire, is significantly influenced by fragility regardless of age.
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Zannad F, Garcia AA, Anker SD, Armstrong PW, Calvo G, Cleland JGF, Cohn JN, Dickstein K, Domanski MJ, Ekman I, Filippatos GS, Gheorghiade M, Hernandez AF, Jaarsma T, Koglin J, Konstam M, Kupfer S, Maggioni AP, Mebazaa A, Metra M, Nowack C, Pieske B, Piña IL, Pocock SJ, Ponikowski P, Rosano G, Ruilope LM, Ruschitzka F, Severin T, Solomon S, Stein K, Stockbridge NL, Stough WG, Swedberg K, Tavazzi L, Voors AA, Wasserman SM, Woehrle H, Zalewski A, McMurray JJV. Clinical outcome endpoints in heart failure trials: a European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association consensus document. Eur J Heart Fail 2013; 15:1082-94. [PMID: 23787718 DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Endpoint selection is a critically important step in clinical trial design. It poses major challenges for investigators, regulators, and study sponsors, and it also has important clinical and practical implications for physicians and patients. Clinical outcomes of interest in heart failure trials include all-cause mortality, cause-specific mortality, relevant non-fatal morbidity (e.g., all-cause and cause-specific hospitalization), composites capturing both morbidity and mortality, safety, symptoms, functional capacity, and patient-reported outcomes. Each of these endpoints has strengths and weaknesses that create controversies regarding which is most appropriate in terms of clinical importance, sensitivity, reliability, and consistency. Not surprisingly, a lack of consensus exists within the scientific community regarding the optimal endpoint(s) for both acute and chronic heart failure trials. In an effort to address these issues, the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (HFA-ESC) convened a group of expert heart failure clinical investigators, biostatisticians, regulators, and pharmaceutical industry scientists (Nice, France, 12-13 February 2012) to evaluate the challenges of defining heart failure endpoints in clinical trials and to develop a consensus framework. This report summarizes the group's recommendations for achieving common views on heart failure endpoints in clinical trials.
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- Faiez Zannad
- INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique 9501 and Unité 961, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, and the Department of Cardiology, Nancy University, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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Alosco ML, Spitznagel MB, van Dulmen M, Raz N, Cohen R, Sweet LH, Colbert LH, Josephson R, Hughes J, Rosneck J, Gunstad J. Depressive symptomatology, exercise adherence, and fitness are associated with reduced cognitive performance in heart failure. J Aging Health 2013; 25:459-77. [PMID: 23378527 PMCID: PMC5022365 DOI: 10.1177/0898264312474039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Depression is common in heart failure (HF) and associated with reduced cognitive function. The current study used structrual equation modeling to examine whether depression adversely impacts cognitive function in HF through its adverse affects on exercise adherence and cardiovascular fitness. METHOD 158 HF patients completed neuropsychological testing, physical fitness test, Beck depression inventory-II (BDI-II), and measures assessing exercise adherence and physical exertion. RESULTS The model demonstrated excellent model fit and increased scores on the BDI-II negatively affected exercise adherence and cardiovascular fitness. There was a strong inverse association between cardiovascular fitness and cognitive function. Sobel test showed a significant indirect pathway between the BDI-II and cognitive function through cardiovascular fitness. DISCUSSION This study suggests depression in HF may adversely impact cognitive function through reduced cardiovascular fitness. Prospective studies are needed to determine whether treatment of depression can lead to better lifestyle behaviors and ultimately improve neurocognitive outcomes in HF.
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