Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and coexisting obstructive sleep apnoea, and to examine the effect of common sleep-disordered breathing treatments on quality of life, functional capacity and cardiac outcomes.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42025634352).

Data sources

A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science up to March 2024. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklists.

Results

Fourteen studies were included, involving 2048 patients with chronic heart failure and sleep-disordere

SUBMITTER: Limonti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662253 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature