The relationship between frailty, anxiety and depression, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure

Uchmanowicz, Izabella; Gobbens, Robbert

doi:10.2147/cia.s90077

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The relationship between frailty, anxiety and depression, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure

Published in Clinical Interventions in Aging • Oct 1, 2015

Authors:

Izabella Uchmanowicz

Robbert Gobbens

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Elderly people constitute over 80% of the population of patients with heart failure (HF). Frailty is a distinct biological syndrome that reflects decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Moreover, frailty can serve as an independent predictor of visits to the emergency d...

Subject

Medicine

Depression (economics)

Anxiety

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