Predictors of health-related quality of life in outpatients with coronary heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important treatment target in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is associated with poor outcomes. Therefore, it is of clinical importance to identify the key determinants of HRQoL among these patients. There is, however, limited knowledge of how a comprehensive set of psychosocial factors influence HRQoL. We aimed to determine the relative associations of clinical and psychosocial factors with mental and physical components of HRQoL in a sample of CHD outpatients.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 1,042 patients 2-36 (mean 16) months after a CHD event recruited from two general Norwegian hospitals with a combined catchment area making up 7% of the Norwegian population, representative with regard

SUBMITTER: Frojd LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289018 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature