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Inventi Impact: Cardiology & Haematology

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  • Inventi:hch/25023/18
    Factors Affecting Health Related Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2018 : April - June
    Georgia Audi, Aggeliki Korologou, Ioannis Koutelekos, Georgios Vasilopoulos, Kostas Karakostas, Kleanthi Makrygianaki, Maria Polikandrioti

    This study identified factors affecting health related quality of life (HRQOL) in 300 hospitalized patients with heart failure (HF).\nData were collected by the completion of a questionnaire which included patientsââ?¬â?¢ characteristics and the Minnesota Living with\nHeart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). Analysis of data showed that the median of the total score of MLHFQ was 46 and the\nmedian of the physical and mental state was 22 and 6, respectively. Also, participants who were householders or had ââ?¬Å?otherââ?¬Â\nprofessions had lower score of 17 points and therefore better quality of life compared to patients who were civil/private employees\n(

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Georgia Audi, Aggeliki Korologou, Ioannis Koutelekos et al., â??Factors Affecting Health Related Quality of Life in\nHospitalized Patients with Heart Failure,â? Cardiology Research and Practice, vol. 2017, Article ID 4690458, 12 pages, 2017,\ndoi:10.1155/2017/4690458, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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