Quality of Life in Hypertensive Patients
Fig. 2.1 Quality of Life measured with the Psychological General Wellbeing Index in hypertensive (n = 1539) and normotensive subjects (n = 995) according to age. Reproduced from [15], with…
Quality of Life After Stroke
Fig. 8.1 Survival and health-related quality of life in post-stroke patients (100% represents the highest level of health-related quality of Life) HRQoL directly after stroke is low and is dependent…
Quality of Life in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices
Study (year) NYHA class Number of patients Influence on HRQoL MUSTIC (2001) III 67 Significant improvement PATH-CHF I (2002) III-IV 42 Significant improvement PATH-CHF II (2003) II-IV 101 Significant improvement…
Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Grade Description I Ordinary physical activity does not cause angina, such as walking and climbing stairs. Angina with strenuous or rapid or prolonged exertion at work or recreation. II Slight…
Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
Generic Chronic heart failure-specific or targeted Domain or factor-specific Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF) Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)…
The Genesis of Health: Evolution of the Concept of Health-Related Quality of Life
Pain and discomfort energy and fatigue, sexual activity, sleep and rest and sensory functioning Positive feelings thinking, learning, memory, and concentration; self-esteem; bodily image and appearance; and negative feelings Mobility…
Quality of Life in Patients with Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances
Study Number of patients/observation period Questionnaire used Outcome Lönnerholm [32] N = 48, AF patients resistant to pharmacologic treatment/1 year SF-36 -improvement in all domains of the SF-36 with the…
Quality of Life in Patients After Coronary Interventional Treatment
8. Benzer W, Hofer S, Oldridge NB (2003) Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease after different treatments for angina in routine clinical practice. Herz 28:421–428PubMedCrossRef 9….
