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Health‐related quality of life in elderly chinese patients with heart failure
Author(s) -
Yu Doris S.F.,
Lee Diana T.F.,
Woo Jean
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20030
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , cross sectional study , distress , psychological distress , heart failure , stepwise regression , health related quality of life , social support , gerontology , clinical psychology , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , disease , pathology , nursing , psychotherapist
Heart failure (HF) has a profound impact on patients' health‐related quality of life (HRQL). Little is known about factors relating to HRQL in elderly Chinese HF patients. The objective of this cross‐sectional correlational study was to identify the demographic, psychosocial, and clinical factors associated with HRQL in this group of patients. Cross‐sectional data were obtained from a consecutive sample of hospitalized HF patients ( n = 227) with measures of HRQL, psychological distress, perceived social support, and health perception. Functional status was measured with the New York Heart Association Classification (NYHA). In stepwise regression analysis, four variables, including psychological distress, health perception, NYHA classification, and educational level explained 51.8% ( p = .01) of the variance in HRQL. These findings suggest that improving HRQL of HF patients entails improving their psychological status, functional status, and health perception. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 27:332–344, 2004