Impact of non-cardiovascular comorbidities on the quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure: a scoping review.

Josep Comín-ColetTeresa Martín LorenzoAlmudena González-DomínguezJuan OlivaSilvia Jiménez Merino

Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2020)

The comprehensive management of patients with CHF should include the management of comorbidities which have been associated with a worse HRQoL, with special emphasis on anemia and iron deficiency, mental and behavioral disorders, diabetes mellitus, and respiratory diseases. An adequate control of these comorbidities may have a positive impact on the HRQoL of patients.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
mental health
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle