TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Quality of Life in Heart Failure
AU - Freedland, Kenneth E.
AU - Rich, Michael W.
AU - Carney, Robert M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Purpose of Review: Heart failure has substantial effects on health-related quality of life. Maintaining or improving quality of life is an important goal of heart failure therapy, and many patients value better quality of life over greater longevity. Recent Findings: The symptoms and functional severity of heart failure, medical comorbidities, and depression are the strongest predictors of poor quality of life. Guideline-recommended medical and behavioral interventions for HF, including exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation, self-care interventions, and treatment of depression, can help to improve quality of life. Summary: Heart failure is, in most cases, a progressive condition with a poor prognosis. However, poor quality of life is not inevitable, and a variety of medical, surgical, and nonpharmacological interventions can help to maintain or improve quality of life in patients with heart failure.
AB - Purpose of Review: Heart failure has substantial effects on health-related quality of life. Maintaining or improving quality of life is an important goal of heart failure therapy, and many patients value better quality of life over greater longevity. Recent Findings: The symptoms and functional severity of heart failure, medical comorbidities, and depression are the strongest predictors of poor quality of life. Guideline-recommended medical and behavioral interventions for HF, including exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation, self-care interventions, and treatment of depression, can help to improve quality of life. Summary: Heart failure is, in most cases, a progressive condition with a poor prognosis. However, poor quality of life is not inevitable, and a variety of medical, surgical, and nonpharmacological interventions can help to maintain or improve quality of life in patients with heart failure.
KW - Depression
KW - Heart failure
KW - Patient outcome assessment
KW - Patient-reported outcome measures
KW - Quality of life
KW - Self-care
KW - Treatment outcome
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U2 - 10.1007/s11886-021-01588-y
DO - 10.1007/s11886-021-01588-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34599415
AN - SCOPUS:85117555418
SN - 1523-3782
VL - 23
JO - Current Cardiology Reports
JF - Current Cardiology Reports
IS - 11
M1 - 159
ER -