Differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US nursing home residents with heart failure according to sex and type of heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are leading cause of death throughout the world. Few recent studies have, however, examined possible sex and type of heart failure (HFpEF, HFrEF, and unspecified/other heart failure) differences in the prevalence of these chronic conditions among nursing home residents.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to examine the magnitude of concomitant COPD and differences according to sex and heart failure type, in terms of the prevalence of COPD among nursing home residents with heart failure.

Methods

The principal study outcomes were examined in a cross-sectional study of 97 495 US nursing home residents with heart failure using the 2018 Minimum Data Set. The diagnoses of heart failure and COPD were

SUBMITTER: Osundolire S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632080 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature