Marital status and outcomes in chronic heart failure: Does it make a difference of being married, widow or widower?
NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, vol.8, no.1, pp.63-70, 2021 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 8 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.14744/nci.2020.88003
- Journal Name: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.63-70
- Keywords: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, marital status, widowed, EVENT-FREE SURVIVAL, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE, ELDERLY-PATIENTS, COHABITATION, READMISSION, DEPRESSION, MORTALITY, SUPPORT, DEATH
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare the outcomes of chronic heart failure (HF) patients with reduced ejection fraction (CHFrEF) in the Turkish Research Team in HF (TREAT-HF) registry according to marital status with a specific focus on being the widowed (widow/widower) versus the married.