ABSTRACT
Objective:
to verify the association between the prognostic scores and the quality of life of candidates for heart transplantation.
Method:
a descriptive cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 32 outpatients applying to heart transplantation. The prognosis was rated by the Heart Failure Survival Score (HFSS) and the Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM); and the quality of life by the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ). The Pearson correlation test was applied.
Results:
the correlations found between general quality of life scores and prognostic scores were (HFSS/MLHFQ r = 0.21), (SHFM/MLHFQ r = 0.09), (HFSS/KCCQ r = -0.02), (SHFM/KCCQ r = -0.20).
Conclusion:
the weak correlation between the prognostic and quality of life scores suggests a lack of association between the measures, i.e., worse prognosis does not mean worse quality of life and the same statement is true in the opposite direction.
Descriptors:
Heart Failure; Quality of Life; Heart Transplantation; Prognosis; Ambulatory Care; Adult
*KCCQ - Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; †MLHFQ - Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire.
*HFSS - Heart Failure Survival Score; †SHFM - Seattle Heart Failure Model; ‡HF - Heart Failure; §PM - Pacemaker; ||QRS - Ventricular depolarization; ¶ms - milliseconds; **LVEF - Left-Ventricular Ejection Fraction; ††LBBB - Left Bundle-Branch Block; ‡‡RBBB - Right Bundle-Branch Block; §§FC - Functional class; |||||NYHA - New York Heart Association; ¶¶HR - Heart Rate; ***ICD - Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator; †††VO2 - O2 consumption; ‡‡‡SBP - Systolic blood pressure;; §§§MRVS - Myocardial Revascularization Surgery; ||||||ABP - Average Blood Pressure; ¶¶¶AMI - Acute Myocardial Infarction; ‡‡‡‡ACEI - Angiotensin-Conversting Enzyme Inhibitor; §§§§ARB - Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker.