Background: Patients with chronic heart failure (HF) and their families experience a wide range of complex problems, which negatively impact the quality of patients’ lives. Moreover, besides its debilitating symptoms, the disease necessitates frequent hospital admissions, imposing a financial burden on the health system. Aim: To assess whether nurses-led telephone intervention on a regular basi...

OBJECTIVES To assess the safety of a cardiac rehabilitation program for older women with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and determine if certain factors influence adherence. METHODS Women over the age of 65 with CHF attended an exercise program supervised by a physiotherapist. Quality of life was measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and severity of disease...

AIMS This study aimed to describe a method of peripheral muscle training with resistance bands in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and to evaluate its effects on the 6 min walk test and quality of life up to 12 months using a home-based programme. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-two patients with stable CHF (19 men and 3 women), mean age 63.2 years (SD 8.1), New York Heart Association cla...

background and purpose: identification of the effects of sleep disturbances on the quality of life could result in proper treatment of patients with heart failure. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep disorders and erectile dysfunction, depression and quality of life in male patients with systolic heart failure. methods: this correlational study was conducted on 100 ma...

AIMS To evaluate the effect of iron deficiency (ID) and/or anaemia on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS AND RESULTS We undertook a post-hoc analysis of a cohort of CHF patients in a single-centre study evaluating cognitive function. At recruitment, patients provided baseline information and completed the Minnesota Living with Heart Fa...

BACKGROUND The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is a well-validated, commonly-used tool to assess quality of life in patients with heart failure. However, it lacks specific information concerning breathlessness during daily activities. OBJECTIVE To determine the validity of the London Chest Activity of Daily Living (LCADL) scale for use in patients with heart failure....