Figure 1.

Monitoring of vital signs versus standard care. SF-36/SF-12, 36-item/12-item Short-Form Health Survey (self-assessment questionnaire on health status); MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; QoL(GHQ), quality of life measured using the General Health Questionnaire; CHFQ, Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (a questionnaire on chronic heart failure that has numerous subscales; considered here are the fourth emotional function scale and the fourth mastery scale); CI, confidence interval