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Burden of heart failure on patients from China: results from a cross-sectional survey

PURPOSE: Little evidence exists on the burden that chronic heart failure (HF) poses specifically to patients in China. The objective of this study, therefore, was to describe the burden of HF on patients in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of cardiologists and their patients wi...

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Autores principales: Jackson, James DS, Cotton, Sarah E, Bruce Wirta, Sara, Proenca, Catia C, Zhang, Milun, Lahoz, Raquel, Calado, Frederico J
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922040
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S148949
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author Jackson, James DS
Cotton, Sarah E
Bruce Wirta, Sara
Proenca, Catia C
Zhang, Milun
Lahoz, Raquel
Calado, Frederico J
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Cotton, Sarah E
Bruce Wirta, Sara
Proenca, Catia C
Zhang, Milun
Lahoz, Raquel
Calado, Frederico J
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description PURPOSE: Little evidence exists on the burden that chronic heart failure (HF) poses specifically to patients in China. The objective of this study, therefore, was to describe the burden of HF on patients in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of cardiologists and their patients with HF was conducted. Patient record forms were completed by 150 cardiologists for 10 consecutive patients. Patients for whom a patient record form was completed were invited to complete a patient questionnaire. RESULTS: Most of the 933 patients (mean [SD] age 65.8 [10.2] years; 55% male; 80% retired) included in the study received care in tier 2 and 3 hospitals in large cities. Patients gave a median score of 4 on a scale from 1 (no disruption) to 10 (severe disruption) to describe how much HF disrupts their everyday life. Patients in paid employment (8%) missed 10% of work time and experienced 29% impairment in their ability to work due to HF in the previous week. All aspects of patients’ health-related quality of life (QoL) were negatively affected by their condition. Mean ± SD utility calculated by the 3-level 5-dimension EuroQol questionnaire was 0.8±0.2, and patients rated their health at 70.3 (11.5) on a 100 mm visual analog scale. Patients incurred costs associated with HF treatment, travel, and professional caregiving services. CONCLUSION: HF is associated with poor health-related QoL and considerable disruption in patients’ lives. Novel and improved therapies are needed to reduce the burden of HF on patients and the health care system.
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spelling pubmed-59968542018-06-19 Burden of heart failure on patients from China: results from a cross-sectional survey Jackson, James DS Cotton, Sarah E Bruce Wirta, Sara Proenca, Catia C Zhang, Milun Lahoz, Raquel Calado, Frederico J Drug Des Devel Ther Original Research PURPOSE: Little evidence exists on the burden that chronic heart failure (HF) poses specifically to patients in China. The objective of this study, therefore, was to describe the burden of HF on patients in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of cardiologists and their patients with HF was conducted. Patient record forms were completed by 150 cardiologists for 10 consecutive patients. Patients for whom a patient record form was completed were invited to complete a patient questionnaire. RESULTS: Most of the 933 patients (mean [SD] age 65.8 [10.2] years; 55% male; 80% retired) included in the study received care in tier 2 and 3 hospitals in large cities. Patients gave a median score of 4 on a scale from 1 (no disruption) to 10 (severe disruption) to describe how much HF disrupts their everyday life. Patients in paid employment (8%) missed 10% of work time and experienced 29% impairment in their ability to work due to HF in the previous week. All aspects of patients’ health-related quality of life (QoL) were negatively affected by their condition. Mean ± SD utility calculated by the 3-level 5-dimension EuroQol questionnaire was 0.8±0.2, and patients rated their health at 70.3 (11.5) on a 100 mm visual analog scale. Patients incurred costs associated with HF treatment, travel, and professional caregiving services. CONCLUSION: HF is associated with poor health-related QoL and considerable disruption in patients’ lives. Novel and improved therapies are needed to reduce the burden of HF on patients and the health care system. Dove Medical Press 2018-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5996854/ /pubmed/29922040 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S148949 Text en © 2018 Jackson et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Proenca, Catia C
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Lahoz, Raquel
Calado, Frederico J
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title_short Burden of heart failure on patients from China: results from a cross-sectional survey
title_sort burden of heart failure on patients from china: results from a cross-sectional survey
topic Original Research
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