Is health-related quality of life an independent predictor of survival in patients with chronic heart failure?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-538

  Faller, Hermann ^a   Störk, Stefan ^a   Schowalter, Marion ^a   Steinbüchel, Thomas ^a   Wollner, Verena ^a   Ertl, Georg ^a   Angermann, Christiane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Depression; Health related quality of life; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; KANSAS CITY CARDIOMYOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35548944963     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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