Open AccessCaregivers of Patients with Heart Failure: Burden and the Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life
Author(s) -
Raquel Lahoz,
Clare Proudfoot,
Ana Filipa Fonseca,
Emil Loefroth,
Stefano Corda,
James Jackson,
Sarah Cotton,
Rachel Studer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s297816
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , quality of life (healthcare) , ejection fraction , anxiety , caregiver burden , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , disease , nursing , dementia
To assess the burden among caregivers of patients with heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤60%. The burden by New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class was also characterized.