Background Cardiovascular patients are likely to have an impaired health-related quality of
life (HRQoL) due to functional and psycho-social limitations. The main objective of this study
was to assess the distribution of HRQoL scores in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients
across 22 European countries and to identify factors associated with the variation between
patients. Methods Data from the EUROASPIRE III survey (European Action on Secondary
and Primary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events), on 8734 patients, were used …

The increase observed in the survival of patients with ischemic cardiopathy, together with
the effect of the disease on the social, professional, and family life of those suffering from it,
have led researchers to consider that the traditional ways of measuring morbidity and
mortality are not adequate for assessing the potential benefits of health care interventions.
For this reason, there is common agreement on the need to use an indicator of subjective
assessment of health, and of health related quality of life (HRQL), as a complementary …