Ethnic differences in quality of life and its association with survival in patients with heart failure
Autor: | Carolyn S.P. Lam, Robert N. Doughty, Gillian Stein, Fazlur Jaufeerally, Lieng H. Ling, Gerard Kui Toh Leong, Dinna Soon, Yanhong Dong, Wan T. Tay, Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, David Sim, A. Mark Richards, Poh Shuan Daniel Yeo |
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Přispěvatelé: | Cardiovascular Centre (CVC) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty PREDICTOR Time Factors Ethnic group Clinical Investigations QUESTIONNAIRE heart failure Class iii 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology PREFERENCES GUIDELINES Risk Assessment survival Nyha class 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Asian People Risk Factors Internal medicine Medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Patient Reported Outcome Measures Prospective Studies Aged Singapore HEALTH-STATUS OUTCOMES business.industry MORTALITY Mean age General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis DYSFUNCTION Race Factors TRIALS quality of life Heart failure DISEASES Cohort ethnicity Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Clinical Cardiology Clinical Cardiology, 43(9), 976-985. Wiley |
ISSN: | 0160-9289 |
Popis: | Background Optimizing quality of life (QoL) is a key priority in the management of heart failure (HF). Hypothesis To investigate ethnic differences in QoL and its association with 1-year survival among patients with HF. Methods A prospective nationwide cohort (n = 1070, mean age: 62 years, 24.5% women) of Chinese (62.3%), Malay (26.7%) and Indian (10.9%) ethnicities from Singapore, QoL was assessed using the Minnesota Living with HF Questionnaire (MLHFQ) at baseline and 6 months. Patients were followed for all-cause mortality. Results At baseline, Chinese had a lower (better) mean MLHFQ total score (29.1 +/- 21.6) vs Malays (38.5 +/- 23.9) and Indians (41.7 +/- 24.5);P |
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