Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality in Heart Failure The Global Congestive Heart Failure Study of 23000 Patients From 40 Countries


Por: Johansson, I, Joseph, P, Balasubramanian, K, McMurray, JJV, Lund, LH, Ezekowitz, JA, Kamath, D, Alhabib, K, Bayes-Genis, A, Budaj, A, Dans, ALL, Dzudie, A, Probstfield, JL, Fox, KAA, Karaye, KM, Makubi, A, Fukakusa, B, Teo, K, Temizhan, A, Wittlinger, T, Maggioni, AP, Lanas, F, Lopez-Jaramillo, P, Silva-Cardoso, J, Sliwa, K, Dokainish, H, Grinvalds, A, McCready, T and Yusuf, S

Publicada: 1 jun 2021 Ahead of Print: 28 abr 2021
Resumen:
BACKGROUND: Poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) is common in heart failure (HF), but there are few data on HRQL in HF and the association between HRQL and mortality outside Western countries. METHODS: We used the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12 (KCCQ-12) to record HRQL in 23 291 patients with HF from 40 countries in 8 different world regions in the G-CHF study (Global Congestive Heart Failure). We compared standardized KCCQ-12 summary scores (adjusted for age, sex, and markers of HF severity) among regions (scores range from 0 to 100, with higher score indicating better HRQL). We used multivariable Cox regression with adjustment for 15 variables to assess the association between KCCQ-12 summary scores and the composite of all-cause death, HF hospitalization, and each component over a median follow-up of 1.6 years. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 65 years; 61% were men; 40% had New York Heart Association class III or IV symptoms; and 46% had left ventricular ejection fraction >= 40%. Average HRQL differed between regions (lowest in Africa [mean +/- SE, 39.5 +/- 0.3], highest in Western Europe [62.5 +/- 0.4]). There were 4460 (19%) deaths, 3885 (17%) HF hospitalizations, and 6949 (30%) instances of either event. Lower KCCQ-12 summary score was associated with higher risk of all outcomes; the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for each 10-unit KCCQ-12 summary score decrement was 1.18 (95% CI, 1.17-1.20) for death. Although this association was observed in all regions, it was less marked in South Asia, South America, and Africa (weakest association in South Asia: HR, 1.08 [95% CI, 1.03-1.14]; strongest association in Eastern Europe: HR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.21-1.42]; interaction P<0.0001). Lower HRQL predicted death in patients with New York Heart Association class I or II and III or IV symptoms (HR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.14-1.19] and HR, 1.14 [95% CI, 1.12-1.17]; interaction P=0.13) and was a stronger predictor for the composite outcome in New York Heart Association class I or II versus class III or IV (HR 1.15 [95% CI, 1.13-1.17] versus 1.09 [95% CI, [1.07-1.11]; interaction P<0.0001). HR for death was greater in ejection fraction >= 40 versus <40% (HR, 1.23 [95% CI, 1.20-1.26] and HR, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.13-1.17]; interaction P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: HRQL is a strong and independent predictor of all-cause death and HF hospitalization across all geographic regions, in mildly and severe symptomatic HF, and among patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction.

Filiaciones:
Johansson, I:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

 McMaster Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Hlth Res Methods Evidence & Impact, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Joseph, P:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Balasubramanian, K:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

McMurray, JJV:
 Univ Glasgow, BHF Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

Lund, LH:
 Karolinska Inst, Div Cardiol, Dept Med, Stockholm, Sweden

 Karolinska Univ Hosp, Heart & Vasc Theme, Stockholm, Sweden

Ezekowitz, JA:
 Univ Alberta, Fac Med & Dent, Canadian VIGOUR Ctr, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Kamath, D:
 St Johns Res Inst, Div Clin Res & Training, Bengaluru, India

Alhabib, K:
 King Saud Univ, Dept Cardiac Sci, King Fahad Cardiac Ctr, Coll Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

:
 Hosp Badalona Germans Trias & Pujol, Inst Heart, Badalona, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, CIBERCV, Barcelona, Spain

Budaj, A:
 Grochowski Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Ctr Postgrad Med Educ, Warsaw, Poland

Dans, ALL:
 Univ Philippines, Dept Cardiac Sci, Manila, Philippines

Dzudie, A:
 Douala Gen Hosp, Douala, Cameroon

 Clin Res Educ Networking & Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon

 Univ Yaounde I, Fac Med & Biomed Sci, Yaounde, Cameroon

Probstfield, JL:
 Univ Washington, Sch Med, Div Cardiol, Seattle, WA USA

Fox, KAA:
 Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cardiovasc Sci, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Karaye, KM:
 Aminu Kano Teaching Hosp, Dept Med, Kano, Nigeria

 Bayero Univ Kano, Kano, Nigeria

Makubi, A:
 Muhimbili Univ Hlth & Allied Sci, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Fukakusa, B:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Teo, K:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Temizhan, A:
 Univ Hlth Sci, Ankara City Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Ankara, Turkey

Wittlinger, T:
 Goslar Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Goslar, Germany

Maggioni, AP:
 Assoc Nazl Med Cardiol Osped, ANMCO Res Ctr, Florence, Italy

Lanas, F:
 Univ La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Lopez-Jaramillo, P:
 UDES, Masira Res Inst, Bucaramanga, Colombia

 UTE, Fac Ciencias Salud, Quito, Ecuador

Silva-Cardoso, J:
 Univ Porto, Sao Joao Univ Hosp Ctr, Fac Med, Porto, Portugal

Sliwa, K:
 Univ Cape Town, Hatter Inst Cardiovasc Res Africa, Dept Med, Fac Hlth Sci, Rondebosch, South Africa

Dokainish, H:
 Circulate Cardiac & Vasc Ctr, Echocardiog Lab, Burlington, ON, Canada

Grinvalds, A:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

McCready, T:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Yusuf, S:
 McMaster Univ, Populat Hlth Res Inst, 237 Barton St East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

 Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON, Canada

 McMaster Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Hlth Res Methods Evidence & Impact, Hamilton, ON, Canada
ISSN: 00097322





Circulation
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd., TWO COMMERCE SQ, 2001 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 143 Número: 22
Páginas: 2129-2142
WOS Id: 000656493700007
ID de PubMed: 33906372
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