Abstract
Abstract
Background
The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables that significantly associated with the quality of life in people with heart failure, and particularly, to identify the association between self-management behaviour and the quality of life.
Methods
This retrospective study used data from heart failure outpatient clinics at two large tertiary medical centres in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. We enrolled 119 participants who completed echocardiography and stress tests and responded to questionnaires on self-management behaviour and quality of life. We collected more data on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and anthropometric and serum blood test results through electronic medical record review. We analysed data using multiple linear regression and the classification and regression tree (CART) method to explore the associated factors with the quality of life in participants with heart failure.
Results
Participants’ mean age was 74.61 years, and women represented 52.1% of the sample. It showed that cardiac systolic function (β = 0.26, p = .013) and self-management behaviour (β = 0.20, p = .048) were two major associated factors with the quality of life in participants with heart failure in the multiple linear regression analysis. Also, cardiac systolic function and self-management behaviour were shown to be the primary determinants for the quality of life in those with heart failure in the CART analysis. Therefore, self-management behaviour of the participants with heart failure was a significant modifiable factor that can improve their quality of life.
Conclusions
Healthcare providers should be aware of the importance of self-management in people with heart failure and help promote their quality of life by enhancing their self-management behaviour as own efforts to properly maintain and monitor the health status and prevent further worsening of heart failure.
Funder
National Research Foundation of Korea
Ajou University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Cited by
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