Association of living alone with clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Haibo Chen,
Fuwei Liu,
Jun Luo
et al.
Abstract:Living alone is an objective sign of social isolation. It is uncertain whether living alone worsens clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients. We aimed to assess how living alone affected clinical outcomes in individuals with HF. We searched the electronic databases of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane from 1990 to April 2022 for studies comparing living alone with HF. A random‐effects model with inverse variance was used to pool adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Seven studies … Show more
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