Burdensome Physical and Depressive Symptoms Predict Heart Failure-Specific Health Status Over One Year.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Heart failure (HF)-specific health status (symptom burden, functional status, and health-related quality of life) is an important patient-reported outcome that is associated with palliative care needs, hospitalizations, and death.

Objectives

To identify potentially modifiable patient-reported factors that predict HF-specific health status over one year.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study using data from the Patient-Centered Disease Management trial. Participants were identified using population-based sampling of all patients with an HF diagnosis at four VA Medical Centers. Patients were enrolled with reduced HF-specific health status (i.e., significant HF symptoms, limited functional status, and poor quality of life, defined by a Kansas City Cardiomyo

SUBMITTER: Lum HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711728 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature