Factors Affecting Health Related Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure

Table 2

Characteristics concerning the state of health of patients.

	(%)
Medication with anxiolytics
Yes	86 (28.7%)
No	214 (71.3%)
Medication with antidepressants
Yes	14 (4.7%)
No	286 (95.3%)
Other diseases
Yes	128 (42.7%)
No	172 (57.3%)
Informed about the state of health
Very	90 (30%)
Enough	190 (63.3%)
A little	19 (6.3%)
Not at all	1 (0.3%)
Years of having the problem
<1 year	40 (13.3%)
2–5	45 (15%)
6–10	104 (34.7%)
11–15	55 (18.3%)
>15	56 (18.7%)
Any family member that suffers from a disease of the circulatory system
Yes	200 (66.7%)
No	100 (33.3%)
Have you ever been hospitalized for the same reason?
Yes	246 (82%)
No	54 (18%)
Frequency of hospitalization
1 per year	165 (55%)
2 per year	47 (15.7%)
3 per year	18 (6%)
>3 per year	38 (12.7%)
Consider yourself anxious?
Yes	200 (66.7%)
No	100 (33.3%)
Did you retire because of your cardiac problem?
Yes	21 (7%)
No	279 (93%)
Are you absent from work because of your cardiac problem?
Yes	40 (13.3%)
No	260 (86.7%)
Relations with medical staff
Very good	157 (52.3%)
Good	130 (43.3%)
Moderate	12 (4%)
Bad	0 (0%)
Very bad	1 (0.3%)
Relations with nursing staff
Very good	176 (58.7%)
Good	109 (36.3%)
Moderate	13 (4.3%)
Bad	1 (0.3%)
Very bad	1 (0.3%)
	Median (IQR)
Days of hospitalization	5 (4–6)