Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the patients with advanced heart failure (n = 119).
| Characteristics | Values |
| Age, yrs | 82.9 ± 6.5 |
| Male | 62 (59.0%) |
| Living arrangements | |
| Alone | 11 (13.4%) |
| With family | 90 (75.6%) |
| With friend | 2 (1.7%) |
| Residential care home | 16 (13.4%) |
| Charlson's comorbidity index | |
| ≤ 2 | 39 (32.8%) |
| 2–5 | 49 (41.2%) |
| ≥ 5 | 31 (26.1%) |
| New York Heart Association Classification | |
| Grade III | 74 (62.2%) |
| Grade IV | 45 (37.8%) |
| Types of comorbidity | |
| Coronary heart disease | 103 (86.6%) |
| Myocardial infarction | 23 (19.3%) |
| Diabetic mellitus | 58 (48.7%) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 35 (29.4%) |
| Number of hospitalizations in the previous year | |
| 1–2 | 63 (52.9%) |
| 3–4 | 46 (38.7%) |
| ≥ 5 | 10 (8.4%) |
| McGill Quality of Life questionnaire | |
| Overall score (range: 0–10) | 4.83 ± 1.44 |
| Physical subscale (0–10) | 3.78 ± 1.60 |
| Psychological subscale (0–10) | 7.18 ± 2.37 |
| Existential subscale (0–10) | 6.08 ± 1.80 |
| Support subscale (0–10) | 6.27 ± 2.06 |
| Sex (0–10) | 3.88 ± 3.90 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).