Gender differences in quality of life are minimal in patients with heart failure

Predictors for Health Related Quality of Life in Persons 65 Years or Older with Chronic Heart Failure

“…The instrument has been widely used as a heart failure specific instrument to measure HRQoL [11,13,22]. The LHFQ is a self-rating instrument based on 21 items.…”

“…However, after adjusting for NYHA class only differences in activity in daily life and social activity remained significant. None of these studies [13,14] aimed to study HRQoL in elderly persons specifically, given the studies' wide age spans and relatively low mean ages. Contrary to this, Cline et al [12] studied a group of persons 65 years and older.…”

Health-Related Quality of Life in Heart Failure in Jordan from Patients perspectives

“…The most common definition mentioned by participants was the ability to do physical and social activities. Many studies reported that physical capability is a significant component of HRQoL [21][22][23]. This is may refer to the significance of physical daily activities as it was related to their social roles.…”

“…Other definitions implied the psychological condition in pursuit of happiness and in maintaining relationships. Several studies encompassed psychosocial status and wellbeing as a crucial domain in HRQoL [23][24][25].…”

Preditores da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca

“…Outros estudos também demonstraram que as mulheres relatam pior qualidade de vida (Luttik et al, 2006;Oliveira et al, 2011;Sawafta et al, 2013b). No entanto, num estudo com objetivo de testar associação entre QVRS e sexo, em que as diferenças das variáveis classe funcional, fração de ejeção e situação marital foram controladas, observou-se QVRS discretamente pior entre as mulheres, mas sem significância estatística (Riegel et al, 2003).…”