Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages 1478-1490Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2535
Keywords
Health status; Heart failure; Correlates; Global; Quality of life
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- Bayer AG
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The health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with heart failure (HF) is influenced by factors such as income level and severity of symptoms. Symptoms are the most important factor affecting HRQL.
Aims To examine clinical and social correlates of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with heart failure (HF) from high- (HIC), upper middle- (UMIC), lower middle- (LMIC) and low-income (LIC) countries. Methods and results Between 2017 and 2020, 23 292 patients with HF (32% inpatients, 61% men) from 40 countries were enrolled in the Global Congestive Heart Failure study. HRQL was recorded at baseline using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)-12. In a cross-sectional analysis, we compared age- and sex-adjusted mean KCCQ-12 summary scores (SS: 0-100, higher = better) between patients from different country income levels. We used multivariable linear regression examining correlations (estimated coefficients) of KCCQ-12-SS with sociodemographic, comorbidity, treatment and symptom covariates. The adjusted model (37 covariates) was informed by univariable findings, clinical importance and backward selection. Mean age was 63 years and 40% of patients were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV. Average HRQL was 55 SD 27. It was 62.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 62.0-63.1) in HIC, 56.8 (56.1-57.4) in UMIC, 48.6 (48.0-49.3) in LMIC, and 38.5 (37.3-39.7) in LICs (p < 0.0001). Strong correlates (estimated coefficient [95% CI]) of KCCQ-12-SS were NYHA class III versus class I/II (-12.1 [-12.8 to -11.4] and class IV versus class I/II (-16.5 [-17.7 to -15.3]), effort dyspnoea (-9.5 [-10.2 to -8.8]) and living in LIC versus HIC (-5.8 [-7.1 to -4.4]). Symptoms explained most of the KCCQ-12-SS variability (partial R-2 = 0.32 of total adjusted R-2 = 0.51), followed by sociodemographic factors (R-2 = 0.12). Results were consistent in populations across income levels. Conclusion The most important correlates of HRQL in HF patients relate to HF symptom severity, irrespective of country income level.
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