2004
Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure
Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Havranek EP, House JA, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Consortium F. Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2004, 10: 368-373. PMID: 15470645, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2004.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHealth-related qualityHeart failureYounger patientsFunctional statusNYHA classOlder patientsBetter HRQLFunctional limitationsWalk distanceNew York Heart Association classificationMulticenter prospective cohort studyOlder personsBaseline NYHA classWorse NYHA classProspective cohort studySignificant functional limitationsBaseline functional limitationsSignificant physical disabilityImportance of treatmentBaseline HRQLMultivariable adjustmentCohort studyAssociation classificationHRQL
2003
Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure
Rumsfeld JS, Havranek E, Masoudi FA, Peterson ED, Jones P, Tooley JF, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Consortium C. Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 1811-1817. PMID: 14642693, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireKCCQ summary scoreDepressive symptomsQuality of lifeHealth statusKCCQ scoresHeart failureDepressed patientsSummary scoresMulticenter prospective cohort studyStrongest predictorBaseline KCCQ scoresProspective cohort studySignificant depressive symptomsSpecific health statusTreatment of depressionShort-term worseningPredictors of changeHF careHF symptomsCohort studyPrimary outcomePotential confoundersPatient variablesMultivariable model