Congestive heart failure: Predictors of health-related quality of life in Iranian women

AbstractBackground and Objectives: Identify the factors affecting quality of life (QOL) is one of the major goals for improving the Health-Related Quality of Life (HR-QOL) in patients suffering from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Considering the fact that there are few published studies in this regard in Iran, as a developing country, this research was designed to determine the HR-QOL in Iranian CHF patients and its related factors. Methods and Materials: In this cross-sectional study, random sampling was used to select 1840 female CHF patients. After obtaining informed consent, patients’ demographic and disease-related data (using a researcher-made questionnaire which assessed eight dimensions including role-physical, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health, vitality, role-emotional, social functioning and mental health), and the HR-QOL data (using the SF-36 questionnaire) were assessed and analyzed with SPSS version 15. Results: A high proportion of the participants had an unfavorable HR-QOL ...