Comprehensive symptom assessment using Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale in hospitalized heart failure patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Patients with heart failure (HF) may have variable unrecognized symptom burdens. We sought to investigate the details, determinants, and prognostic significance of symptom burden in hospitalized patients with HF.

Methods and results

We prospectively evaluated consecutive hospitalized patients with HF as primary diagnosis at our institution using the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) both on admission and at discharge. The IPOS, which is a well-validated multi-dimensional symptom assessment scale among advanced illness, consists of 17 questions for enquiring about physical symptoms (10 items), emotional symptoms (4 items) and communication and practical issues (3 items) using a 5-point Likert scale (0 [best]-4 [worst] points). Clinically relevant symptoms w

SUBMITTER: Hamatani Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature