Self-rating of quality of life provides additional prognostic information in heart failure. Insights into the EPICAL study.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The relationship between quality of life (QoL) and survival have been poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the value of QoL score as a prognostic factor in a prospective cohort of patients with advanced chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS:QoL assessment was performed with a generic questionnaire: the Duke Health Profile (DHP) and a disease-specific instrument: the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (LIhFE), in a sample of 108 patients registered in the EPICAL program (hospitalised patients with severe CHF defined by a NYHA grade III/IV, oedema or hypotension, and LVEF < 30%). Prognostic value of general, physical, mental and social dimensions on survival and hospital-free survival were tested in a Cox model. RESULTS:One-year survival rate was 76%, 1-year hospital-free survival 38%. QoL was significantly associated with outcomes: for both questionnaires, a 10-point decrement in baseline score was associated with a 23-36% increase in the risk of death or hospitalisation for heart failure. For hospital-free survival, this relationship remained significant after adjustment for others prognostic factors. CONCLUSION:QoL score is a predictive factor of survival and an independent predictive factor of hospital-free survival in patients with advanced CHF. This assessment may provide additional information for clinical management and therapeutic decisions.

journal_name

Eur J Heart Fail

authors

Alla F,Briançon S,Guillemin F,Juillière Y,Mertès PM,Villemot JP,Zannad F,EPICAL Investigators.

doi

10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00006-5

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-06-01 00:00:00

pages

337-43

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3

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1388-9842

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1879-0844

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S1388984202000065

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4

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