Quality of life predicts outcome in a heart failure disease management program

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  O'Loughlin, Christina ^a   Murphy, Niamh F ^a   Conlon, Carmel ^a   O'Donovan, Aoife ^a   Ledwidge, Mark ^a   McDonald, Ken ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disease management program; Health Related Quality of Life; Heart failure; Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 75849135640     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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