The prognostic value of health-related quality of life in patients with Chagas heart disease.

Henrique Silveira CostaMárcia Maria Oliveira LimaPedro Henrique Scheidt FigueiredoAna Thereza ChavesMaria Carmo Pereira NunesManoel Otávio da Costa Rocha

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2018)

The assessment of HRQoL, especially the mental component, should be taken into account to provide an accurate prognosis in addition to other well-established predictors of poor outcomes in CHD patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
mental health
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
patient reported outcomes
mass spectrometry