The mission of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association includes
increasing access to high-quality, evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes such …

Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that affects mortality/morbidity and acts at different
levels in the patient's life, resulting in a drastic impairment in multiple aspects of daily …

Shared decision making for advanced heart failure has become both more challenging and
more crucial as duration of disease and treatment options have increased. High-quality …

Objective: To assess health related quality of life of patients with congestive heart failure; to
compare their quality of life with the previously characterised general population and in …

Background Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) may have a high prevalence of
depression, which may increase the risk of adverse outcomes. Objective To determine the …

Context Findings from previous studies of the effects of exercise training on patient-reported
health status have been inconsistent. Objective To test the effects of exercise training on …

Background: Improvement of self‐care behaviour is an aim of several non‐pharmacological
nurse‐led management programmes for patients with heart failure. These programmes are …

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a progressive clinical condition that results in
substantial impairment of quality of life (QOL). Hel** patients maintain optimal QOL is …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide important insights into patients' own perspectives
about their health and medical condition, and there is evidence that their use can lead to …

Self-care of heart failure (HF) is difficult to master, but the reasons why remain unclear. The
purpose of this study was to explore how HF influences patients' lives, assess how they …