Table 4.
The changes in the quality of life among 50 adult patients after two months of telecardiology consultations as measured by SF-8 and its domains and LIhFE*.
| Measures of quality of life | Baseline (before) Mean (SD) |
After 8 weeks (after) Mean (SD) |
Changes in score (before-after)∗∗ Mean (95% confidence interval) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total SF-8 score | 40.7 (18.0) | 62.4 (19.6) | 21.7 (15.3, 28.0) | 0.000 |
| General health | 37.2 (21.4) | 68.8 (22.2) | 31.6 (22.5, 40.7) | 0.000 |
| Physical functioning | 36.0 (25.3) | 53.5 (35.7) | 17.5 (6.5, 28.5) | 0.003 |
| Bodily pain | 36.7 (24.0) | 52.0 (36.0) | 15.3 (4.1, 26.5) | 0.009 |
| Role-physical | 41.2 (20.4) | 60.8 (36.1) | 19.6 (8.3, 30.9) | 0.001 |
| Vitality | 43.1 (19.3) | 60.1 (30.2) | 17.0 (6.3, 27.7) | 0.003 |
| Social functioning | 44.4 (23.5) | 85.2 (25.5) | 40.8 (32.7, 48.9) | 0.000 |
| Mental health | 42.0 (20.5) | 37.5 (36.9) | −4.5 (−7.2, 16.2) | 0.444 |
| Role-emotional | 43.9 (20.7) | 80.6 (30.3) | 36.7 (27.6, 45.9) | 0.000 |
| Total LIhFE scores | 47.8 (22.1) | 34.9 (20.7) | −12.8 (−6.4, −19.3) | 0.000 |
*SF-8: Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-8 questionnaire; LIhFE: selected questions from Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.
∗∗Positive sign for the change in SF-8 and its domains score and negative sign for changes in LIhFE score indicate improvement in quality of life and health state.