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Table 3 Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) scores at 6 months

From: Health-related quality of life on tele-monitoring for users with pacemakers 6 months after implant: the NORDLAND study, a randomized trial

 

Month 0

Month 1

Month 6

TM

N = 25

HM

N = 25

p

TM

N = 25

HM

N = 24

p

TM

N = 25

HM

N = 24

p

Swelling in ankles, legs

0.84

1.00

0.72

0.50

0.58

0.88

0.25

0.42

0.57

Rest during the day

1.28

2.08

0.13

1.29

1.08

0.75

1.08

0.88

0.69

Walking and climbing stairs

0.96

1.92

0.09

0.96

0.54

0.41

0.63

0.63

0.96

Working around the house

1.20

2.36

0.03

0.96

1.25

0.61

0.50

1.13

0.18

Going away from home

0.28

1.44

0.01

0.92

0.21

0.06

0.79

0.83

0.92

Sleeping

0.84

1.32

0.27

0.71

0.71

0.94

0.58

0.50

0.83

Doing things with friends or family

0.88

1.96

0.04

1.04

0.71

0.42

1.04

0.83

0.68

Working to earn a living

0.40

0.72

0.23

0.50

0.08

0.14

0.00

0.04

0.32

Recreational pastimes

1.24

1.76

0.23

1.29

0.88

0.39

1.21

1.17

0.92

Sexual activities

0.32

0.68

0.31

0.25

0.42

0.52

0.71

0.67

0.96

Eat less of the food liked

0.60

1.00

0.21

0.71

0.42

0.36

0.50

0.17

0.34

Shortness of breath

2.44

2.48

0.99

1.46

1.04

0.32

1.29

1.50

0.60

Fatigue, tireness, low on energy

2.36

3.20

0.08

1.54

1.38

0.76

1.38

1.38

0.97

Stay in the hospital

1.48

1.76

0.58

1.00

1.38

0.55

0.58

0.38

0.60

Costing money for medical care

0.60

0.80

0.50

0.71

0.42

0.19

0.25

0.13

0.85

Side effects from medication

0.44

0.68

0.47

0.13

0.83

0.06

0.54

0.79

0.53

Feeling burdensome

0.32

0.76

0.19

0.46

0.08

0.12

0.21

0.21

0.71

Feeling a loss of self control

0.80

0.76

0.95

0.54

0.46

0.72

0.42

0.38

0.92

Worry

1.00

0.88

0.64

0.79

0.67

0.81

0.67

0.38

0.41

Difficulty remembering & concentrating

1.16

0.96

0.53

1.00

0.75

0.59

0.92

0.54

0.37

Feeling depressed

0.44

0.76

0.37

0.71

0.50

0.72

0.54

0.29

0.50

TOTAL [95CI]

20.20 [14.48–25.92]

28.96 [19.97–37.95]

0.07

18.64 [11.01–26.27]

14.38 [6.99–21.76]

0.59

15.80 [7.18–24.42]

13.21 [5.86–20.56]

0.97

  1. TM: Tele-monitoring group; HM: Hospital monitoring group; N (month 0) = 50 (TM group: 25; HM group: 25). N (month 1) = 49 (TM group: 25; HM group: 24). N (month 6) = 49 (TM group: 25; HM group: 24). Items values are expressed as means. Total values are expressed as means [95CI: 95% confidence interval of means]