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Health‐related quality of life across heart failure categories: associations with clinical characteristics and outcomes

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims The study aims to examine characteristics and outcomes associated with health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved, mildly reduced and reduced ejection fraction (EF) (HFpEF, HFmrEF and HFrEF). Methods and results Data on HRQoL were collected in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry (SwedeHF; 2000–
Camilla Settergren, Lina Benson, Ulf Dahlström, Tonje Thorvaldsen, Gianluigi Savarese, Lars H. Lund, Bahira Shahim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frailty determinants in heart failure: Inflammatory markers, cognitive impairment and psychosocial interaction

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study aimed to identify factors associated with frailty in heart failure (HF) patients, focusing on demographic, biochemical and health‐related variables. It also explored the correlation between frailty and comorbidities such as malnutrition, cognitive impairment and depression, assessing how these factors interact to influence ...
Marta Wleklik, Christopher S. Lee, Łukasz Lewandowski, Michał Czapla, Maria Jędrzejczyk, Heba Aldossary, Izabella Uchmanowicz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment patterns, outcomes and healthcare resource utilization of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in England

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Describe patient characteristics, treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and medical costs associated with patients who were diagnosed with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in clinical practice in England.
Faizel Osman, Carla L. Zema, Michael Hurst, Belinda Sandler, Florence Brellier, Ovie Utuama, Oksana Kirichek, John Houghton, Teresa Lemmer, Maite Tome Esteban   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elements of effective palliative care interventions in advanced heart failure: A narrative review

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract People with advanced heart failure experience significant biopsychosocial needs and have a poor prognosis. International guidelines have called for integrating palliative care in heart failure management. This review explores the elements of effective palliative care interventions in advanced heart failure.
Peter Allcroft, Carmine G. De Pasquale, David Lim, Ingrid Amgarth‐Duff, Meera R. Agar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights into clinical practice: A national survey on fluid intake management in heart failure

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
There are differences in clinical practice regarding fluid intake management, which may lead to patients with heart failure receiving different and incohesive recommendations. Therefore, there is a need for unified and nationally accepted guidelines in Sweden regarding management on fluid intake. Abstract Aims Due to insufficient evidence and a lack of
Linn Höög, Anna Strömberg, Nana Waldréus, Carolin Nymark   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of ventricular–arterial coupling with biomarkers involved in heart failure pathophysiology – the STANISLAS cohort

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Association of ventricular–arterial coupling with heart failure (HF) biomarkers in the STANISLAS cohort. MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; NT‐proBNP, N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide. Aims Impaired left ventricular–arterial coupling (VAC) has been shown to correlate with worse prognosis in cardiac diseases and heart failure (HF).
Hannes Holm, Martin Magnusson, Amra Jujić, Jérémy Lagrange, Erwan Bozec, Zohra Lamiral, Emmanuel Bresso, Olivier Huttin, Guillaume Baudry, Luca Monzo, Patrick Rossignol, Faiez Zannad, Nicolas Girerd   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identify direct and indirect nursing care time in a medical and surgical ward

Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2015
Introduction: Classifying the average nursing care time is an independent measure for regulate the quantity and quality of the nursing staff in hospitals because, it allows hospitals to evaluate the condition of the existing human resources.
Fatemeh Heydari, Rasoul Tabari
doaj  

Perceptions of Humanoid Robots in Caregiving: A Study of Skilled Nursing Home and Long Term Care Administrators [PDF]

arXiv
As the aging population increases and the shortage of healthcare workers increases, the need to examine other means for caring for the aging population increases. One such means is the use of humanoid robots to care for social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of the people above 65. Understanding skilled and long term care nursing home administrators'
arxiv  

Circulating growth differentiation factor‐15 levels are associated with early echocardiographic signs of diastolic function impairment in the STANISLAS cohort: A 20‐year follow‐up study

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Summary of the study design and key findings. The (+) and (−) signs mean that the variable has a positive or a negative association with growth differentiation factor‐15 (GDF‐15) levels in the fully adjusted model (age, gender, current smoker, body mass index, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide ...
Luca Monzo, Constance Xhaard, João Pedro Ferreira, Guillaume Baudry, Zohra Lamiral, Kevin Duarte, Erwan Bozec, Jean‐Marc Boivin, Olivier Huttin, Patrick Rossignol, Faiez Zannad, Nicolas Girerd   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interventions to improve access to care for abnormal uterine bleeding: A systematic scoping review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 160, Issue 1, Page 38-48, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Background Women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) experience barriers to accessing healthcare services. Objectives To identify and describe the evidence on interventions to improve healthcare access of women with AUB. Search strategy A systematic search of databases including Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, and Cochrane register for ...
Parimala Suganthini Kanagasabai, Sara Filoche, Rebecca Grainger, Claire Henry, Jean Hay‐Smith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source