'It could be worse ... lot's worse!' Why health-related quality of life is better in older compared with younger individuals with heart failure | Zendy

Debra K. Moser | Zendy; Seongkum Heo | Zendy; Kyoung Suk Lee | Zendy; Muna Hammash | Zendy; Bárbara Riegel | Zendy; Terry A. Lennie | Zendy; Cynthia ArslanianEngoren | Zendy; Gia MuddMartin | Zendy; Nancy M. Albert | Zendy; John Watkins | Zendy

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'It could be worse ... lot's worse!' Why health-related quality of life is better in older compared with younger individuals with heart failure

Author(s) -

Debra K. Moser,

Seongkum Heo,

Kyoung Suk Lee,

Muna Hammash,

Bárbara Riegel,

Terry A. Lennie,

Cynthia ArslanianEngoren,

Gia MuddMartin,

Nancy M. Albert,

John Watkins

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft078

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , psychosocial , depression (economics) , anxiety , heart failure , health related quality of life , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , disease , nursing , economics , macroeconomics

health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is markedly impaired in patients with heart failure (HF). Despite worse prognosis and physical status, older patients have better HRQOL than younger patients.

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