Despite various individual studies on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with CHF, a
comprehensive study has not yet been conducted; therefore, this study aims to assess the …

Heart failure (HF) ranks among the most costly chronic diseases in developed countries. At
present these countries devote 1–2% of all healthcare expenditures towards HF. In the US …

Different concepts have been presented which denote driving forces and strengths that
contribute to a person's ability to meet and handle adversities, and keep or regain health …

Objective To test the hypothesis that Antonovsky's concept of sense of coherence (SOC)
predicts stressful events, coping strategies, health status, and quality of life (QoL) in a cohort …

Aims: To assess the quality of life of patients with heart failure, due to left ventricular
dysfunction (NYHA class III or IV), taking optimal medical therapy using baseline quality of …

BACKGROUND: Comparisons of heart failure (HF) patients with an unselected healthy
sample in terms of quality of life (QoL) and depressive symptoms might prove misleading …

Introduction: Because of the lack of a cure for patients with chronic heart failure (HF), there
has been a progressive interest in the use of health-related quality of life (Hr-QoL) as …

Title. Living with chronic heart failure: a review of qualitative studies of older people Aim.
This paper is a report of a systematic review of qualitative studies of how older people live …

Der Sense of Coherence, auch als Kohärenzgefühl oder Kohärenzerleben bezeichnet,
basiert auf dem Konzept der Salutogenese nach Aaron Antonovsky. Er beschreibt die innere …

Objective To describe health-related quality of life (HRQOL) conceptual frameworks,
critically review 3 commonly used HRQOL scales relevant to adults with chronic conditions …