Background: Chronic Heart Failure is a complex clinical conditions affecting\npatientsâ?? Quality of Life (QoL) globally. Objective: The aim of the study was\nto identify the factors influencing the quality of life of the chronic heart failure\npatients. Methods: A descriptive exploratory study was carried out by\nface-to-face interview with structured standard questionnaire. One hundred\nand forty two hospitalized chronic heart failure patients were conveniently\nrecruited from National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Hospital, Shere-\nBangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data were collected from January to\nFebruary, 2019. Quality of life related factors were identified using Patientsâ??\nGeneral Characteristics Questionnaire. QOL of chronic heart failure patients\nwas measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire\n(MLHFQ) and the World Health Organizationâ??s Quality of Life Instrument-\nShort Version (WHOQOL-BREF). Descriptive statistic was used to describe\nthe samplesâ?? characteristics. Association between Socio-demographic characteristics\nand QOL of chronic heart failure patients was measured using t-test\nand one way of ANOVA. Relationship between continuous variables was\nmeasured by Pearson correlation test...............................
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