Research Article
Factors Affecting Health Related Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure
Table 7
Assessment of the effect of the factors on quality of life (subscales).
| | Physical State coef. (95% CI) | value | Mental state coef. (95% CI) | value |
| Age | | | | | <60 | — | | Ref. Cat | | 60–69 | — | | −1.91 (−3.57–−0.26) | 0.024 | >69 | — | | 0.26 (−1.54–2.07) | 0.776 | Education | | | | | Primary | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | Secondary | 1.86 (−0.54–4.26) | 0.129 | 1.22 (0.04–2.4) | 0.042 | University, M.S., Ph.D. | 0.01 (−2.37–2.4) | 0.990 | 0.14 (−0.97–1.24) | 0.810 | Job | | | | | Civil/private employee | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | Householder | −6.43 (−9.49–−3.37) | <0.001 | −6.06 (−7.71–−4.41) | <0.001 | Pensioner | −4.74 (−7.63–−1.84) | 0.001 | −3.06 (−4.94–−1.18) | 0.002 | Other | −9.27 (−13.41–−5.12) | <0.001 | −4.73 (−6.83–−2.63) | <0.001 | Residency | | | | | Attica | — | | Ref. Cat | | County capital | — | | 2.15 (0.57–3.74) | 0.008 | Small town/rural | — | | 0.25 (−0.73–1.24) | 0.615 | Medication with anxiolytics | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | No | −2.86 (−4.84–−0.89) | 0.005 | −1.44 (−2.45–−0.44) | 0.005 | Medication with antidepressants | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | No | −2.8 (−6.58–0.98) | 0.146 | −5.28 (−7.13–−3.43) | <0.001 | Other diseases | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | — | | No | −3.61 (−5.51–−1.71) | <0.001 | — | | Informed about the state of health | | | | | Very | Ref. Cat | | — | | Enough | 2.38 (0.55–4.22) | 0.011 | — | | A little/not at all | 8.72 (5.37–12.06) | <0.001 | — | | Years of having the problem | | | | | <1 | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | 2–5 | 0.06 (−3.45–3.57) | 0.972 | 2.34 (0.61–4.07) | 0.008 | 6–10 | 4.43 (1.05–7.8) | 0.010 | 2.69 (1.03–4.35) | 0.002 | 11–15 | 5.06 (1.53–8.59) | 0.005 | 0.97 (−0.76–2.7) | 0.270 | >15 | −0.25 (−3.69–3.19) | 0.888 | 1.15 (−0.54–2.84) | 0.180 | Have you ever been hospitalized for the same reason? | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | — | | No | −4.9 (−7.81–−1.98) | 0.001 | — | | Frequency of hospitalization | | | | | 1 per year | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | 2 per year | 1.85 (−0.67–4.37) | 0.149 | 0.49 (−0.77–1.74) | 0.446 | 3 per year | 3.16 (−0.09–6.4) | 0.056 | 0.18 (−1.42–1.77) | 0.828 | >3 per year | 6.16 (3.59–8.72) | <0.001 | 1.72 (0.52–2.93) | 0.005 | Consider yourself anxious? | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | No | 0.63 (−1.21–2.47) | 0.501 | −1.15 (−2.15–−0.16) | 0.023 | Did you retire because of your cardiac problem? | | | | | Yes | Ref. Cat | | Ref. Cat | | No | 3.8 (0.51–7.1) | 0.024 | −0.61 (−2.3–1.08) | 0.479 | Relations with medical staff | | | | | Very good | — | | Ref. Cat | | Good | — | | 1.79 (0.38–3.2) | 0.013 | Below moderate | — | | 5.01 (2.46–7.55) | <0.001 |
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