Authors : Iyad Mahmoud Hassan Odeh, Tariq Yousef Khaled Hasan and Mousa A. Alhassan
Abstract: This study focused on describing perceived physical and mental aspects of health related quality of life in Jordanian patients with heart failure. It described the health related quality of life of patients with heart failure and examined the association between health related quality of life in a patient with heart failure and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The 95 patients were recruited during June to August, 2008. The 85 patients completed the short form-36 questionnaire. Data analysis revealed that Jordanian patients perceived their health related quality of life as poor. Demographic characteristics that significantly correlated with health related quality of life were marital status and annual income whereas age, gender and educational level were found to have no significant effect on health related quality of life. The clinical characteristics that significantly correlated with health related quality of life were shortness of breath during effort, edema and having diabetes or renal impairment. On the other hand, shortness of breath during sleep, shortness of breath at rest and fatigue did not significantly correlate with health related quality of life. Intervention strategies to manage heart failure symptoms are required to improve health related quality of life. Health professionals including nurses, must use this information about health related quality of life and the relation with heart failure disease to develop new nursing strategies and interventions to improve the physical and mental aspects of health related quality of life.
Iyad Mahmoud Hassan Odeh, Tariq Yousef Khaled Hasan and Mousa A. Alhassan, 2019. Health Related Quality of Life in Jordanian Patients with Heart Failure. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 13: 53-59.