Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Taichman, Darren B.; Shin, Jennifer; Hud, Laryssa; Archer-Chicko, Christine; Kaplan, Sandra S.; Sager, J.S.; Gallop, Robert; Christie, Jason D.; Hansen‐Flaschen, John; Palevsky, Harold I.

doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-92

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“…When previously studied, multiple studies have noted QOL for patients with PAH is poor or sub-optimal, [13][14][15][16][17][18] However, to our knowledge, the incorporation of PC into a management plan for PAH has not been evaluated. To better understand the need for such an intervention, this study evaluated symptom burden, QOL, and attitudes regarding PC in a large, international sample of PAH patients and was aimed at identifying barriers to effective PC as well as characterizing opportunities to improve QOL in PAH patients.…”

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Symptom burden, quality of life, and attitudes toward palliative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from a cross-sectional patient survey

Swetz

Shanafelt

Drozdowicz

et al. 2012

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

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Symptom burden, quality of life, and attitudes toward palliative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from a cross-sectional patient survey

Swetz

Shanafelt

Drozdowicz

et al. 2012

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

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“…Furthermore, patients often appear healthy at rest and thus might not be taken seriously by health care providers or their environment in their constrained daily life [8]. Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent in chronic diseases and have also been commonly found in prevalent PAH patients under chronic therapy [9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. …”

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Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Pulmonary Hypertension and Changes during Therapy

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Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) leads to reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Objective: To investigate the prevalence and course of anxiety and depression and their association with HRQoL, disease severity and survival in PH. Methods: 131 PH patients (91 pulmonary arterial, 30 chronic thromboembolic, 10 due to lung disease; 84 female, 47 male) had repeated assessments with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), HRQoL, six-minute walk distance and WHO functional class during a mean course of 16 ± 12 months. Results: Among the 49 incident and 82 prevalent PH patients, the HADS score was positive in 53%/21% (depression), 51%/24% (anxiety) and 63%/26% (total score) (all p < 0.05). The HADS score was improved at the second assessment in incident patients. The HADS score correlated with HRQoL at all consecutive assessments and with functional class until the third assessment, but not with baseline hemodynamics, age or gender. Conclusion: Mood disorders remain underdiagnosed in PH. The higher prevalence of anxiety/depression in incident versus prevalent patients and the improvement over time may indicate an amelioration of mood disorders after PH diagnosis and treatment.

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“…Naing, Nanthamongkolchai, and Munsawaengsub (2010) obtained similar results in their study. On this perspective, social support satisfaction with family and friends is related to quality of life and psychological factors, such as purpose of life and stress management skills are also related to quality of life in ageing population (Brown et al, 2010;Crouchley & Daly, 2007;Gaspar & Torres, 2015;Taichman et al, 2005). Age and gender presented relevant influence in quality of life.…”

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“…It also showed to be a good model to understand quality of life in ageing population (Brown et al, 2010;Crouchley & Daly, 2007;Miranzi, Ferreira, Iwamoto, Pereira, & Miranzi, 2008;Odili, Ugboka, & Oparah, 2008;Taichman et al, 2005;Walker, 2005).…”

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Psychological and Social Factors That Influence Quality of Life: Gender, Age and Professional Status Differences

Gaspar¹,

Cabrita²,

Matos³

2017

JPR

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Quality of life is influenced by psychological and social factors. Quality of life in the ageing process is a complex and multidimensional process, also influenced by gender, age and professional status. The data were collected on a national level. The sample was composed by1,330 people, 62.2% of which were female with ages ranging between 55 and 75 years old. 34.4% of the sample mentioned having a chronic condition, 48.2% of which had diabetes. Three regression models were created in order to understand the quality of life in ageing population in a biopsychosocial perspective. Results showed that quality of life in ageing population is influenced by psychological factors (purpose of life and stress management skills) and by social factors (family and friends social support). Gender, age, and professional status can also influence quality of life. Our study allowed us to conclude that quality of life is influenced by physical, psychological, and social health. The psychological factors presented a more systematic and strong influence in quality of life on the ageing population.

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Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Cited by 172 publications

References 32 publications

Symptom burden, quality of life, and attitudes toward palliative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from a cross-sectional patient survey

Symptom burden, quality of life, and attitudes toward palliative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from a cross-sectional patient survey

Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Pulmonary Hypertension and Changes during Therapy

Psychological and Social Factors That Influence Quality of Life: Gender, Age and Professional Status Differences

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