TY - JOUR
AU1 - Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H. M.
AU2 - Sanderman, Robbert
AU3 - Miedema, Ida
AU4 - Ranchor, Adelita V.
AU5 - Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M.
AB -  OBJECTIVES: To study changes in health‐related quality of life (HR‐QL) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or congestive heart failure (CHF) in older people (≥57 yr). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Primary healthcare registers. PARTICIPANTS: Patients were enrolled on the basis of primary healthcare records. Eighty‐nine AMI patients (mean age = 69.5) and 119 CHF patients (mean age = 74.5) were included for analysis. MEASUREMENTS: HR‐QL was conceptualized and measured by means of physical (activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)), psychological (depressive symptoms, anxiety), social, and role functioning. Premorbid data (T0) were available from a 1993 community‐based survey. Incident AMI and CHF cases, developed after 1993, were prospectively followed for 12 months. Assessments were performed at 6 weeks (T1) and 6 (T2) and 12 months (T3) after diagnosis. RESULTS: At the premorbid assessment, AMI patients did not significantly differ on HR‐QL from a reference group of older people, whereas CHF patients were on average older and had worse HR‐QL compared to the reference group. Although CHF had not yet been diagnosed at T0, symptoms were already present and resulted in decreased levels of functioning. At T1, all HR‐QL measures showed worse functioning compared with 
TI - Changes in Health‐Related Quality of Life in Older Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction or Congestive Heart Failure: A Prospective Study
JF - Journal of American Geriatrics Society
DO - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49208.x
DA - 2001-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/changes-in-health-related-quality-of-life-in-older-patients-with-acute-0kliSthNlV
SP - 1052
VL - 49
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -