Research Article
Factors Affecting Health Related Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure
Table 5
Associations between patients characteristics concerning the state of health of patients and quality of life.
| | | Total
median (IQR) | Physical state
median (IQR) | Mental state
median (IQR) |
| | Medication with anxiolytics | | | | | Yes | 54 (50–66) | 25 (24–28) | 11 (9–12) | | No | 43 (35–50) | 21 (17–24) | 5 (4–8) | | Medication with antidepressants | | | | | Yes | 64.5 (55–70) | 28 (25–32) | 14 (10–17) | | No | 46 (35–54) | 22 (17–26) | 6 (4–11) | | Other diseases | | | | | Yes | 45 (37–55.5) | 24 (19.5–28) | 6 (5–9) | | No | 46 (35–54) | 21.5 (17–25) | 6.5 (4–12) | | Informed about the state of health | | | | | Very | 46 (31–66) | 24 (17–28) | 6 (3–12) | | Enough | 46 (35–54) | 22 (17–25) | 6 (4–11) | | A little/not at all | 48 (43–57) | 25 (18–31) | 10 (5–11) | | Years of having the problem | | | | | Less than two years | 42.5 (28–53) | 18.5 (14.5–30) | 6 (3–8) | | 2–5 | 46 (36–54) | 20 (17–22) | 10 (5–12) | | 6–10 | 54 (41–64.5) | 25 (17–28) | 11 (4–12) | | 11–15 | 46 (39–46) | 22 (21–23) | 5 (5-6) | | >15 | 35 (29.5–52.5) | 20.5 (16–26) | 4 (3–6) | | Any family member that suffers from a disease of the circulatory system | | | | | Yes | 46 (35–54.5) | 22 (17–25) | 7.5 (5–11) | | No | 44 (32.5–54) | 23 (16–28) | 5.5 (3–8) | | Have you ever been hospitalized for the same reason? | | | | | Yes | 46 (35–56) | 23 (17–27) | 6 (4–11) | | No | 41.5 (31–50) | 18 (15–22) | 6 (4–10) | | Frequency of hospitalization | | | | | 1 per year | 48 (35–54) | 23 (17–26) | 8 (4–12) | | 2 per year | 46 (35–50) | 22 (20–22) | 5 (4–8) | | 3 per year | 41.5 (35–57) | 23.5 (19–29) | 6 (4–9) | | >3 per year | 45.5 (37–56) | 24.5 (17–30) | 6.5 (3–8) | | Consider yourself anxious? | | | | | Yes | 46 (36.5–56.5) | 23 (17–27) | 7 (5–11) | | No | 41 (31–51) | 20 (15.5–24) | 5 (3–8) | | Did you retire because of your cardiac problem? | | | | | Yes | 33 (25–37) | 17 (15–20) | 4 (3–6) | | No | 46 (35–55) | 22 (17–27) | 6 (4–11) | | Are you absent from work because of your cardiac problem? | | | | | Yes | 35.5 (25–51) | 19 (11.5–26) | 4.5 (3–9) | | No | 46 (35–54.5) | 22 (17–26.5) | 6 (4–11) | | Relations with medical staff | | | | | Very good | 46 (36–55) | 22 (17–28) | 6 (5–11) | | Good | 45 (35–54) | 23 (17–25) | 6.5 (4–11) | | Below moderate | 48 (46–57) | 21 (18–23) | 11 (10–13) | | Relations with nursing staff | | | | | Very good | 46 (37–54) | 22.5 (18–26.5) | 6 (5–11) | | Good | 41 (35–54) | 20 (17–26) | 5 (4–8) | | Below moderate | 52 (42–59) | 22 (17–28) | 11 (10–14) | | | Spearman’s rho | Spearman’s rho | Spearman’s rho | | Days of hospitalization | 0.039
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significant different score from other categories, after Bonferroni correction (multiple comparisons ).
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