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. 2018 Oct 10;20(12):1746–1754. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1312

Table 3.

Changes in quality of life in the pooled heart failure population

Baseline observed 6‐month active therapy 12‐month active therapy
Observed Paired changefrom baseline Observed Paired changefrom baseline
Moderate or marked improvement in PGA N/A N/A 58 (47/81) N/A 55 (41/75)
Epworth Sleepiness Scale* 8.9 ± 5.1 (93) 8.0 [5.0–13.0] 6.2 ± 4.1 (81) 6.0 [3.0–9.0] –2.8 ± 4.5 (81) –2.0 [–6.0 to 0.0] P < 0.001 6.1 ± 3.7 (75) 5.0 [3.0–9.0] –3.1 ± 4.7 (75) –2.0 [–5.0 to 0.0] P < 0.001
Minnesota Living with Heart Failure score* 39.2 ± 22.8 (91) 40.0 [21.0–55.0] 35.3 ± 24.3 (81) 32.0 [16.0–52.0] –2.6 ± 19.2 (79) –1.0 [–12.0 to 7.0] P = 0.227 31.0 ± 22.8 (75) 27.0 [13.0–46.0] –6.8 ± 20.0 (73) –4.0 [–18.0 to 8.0] P = 0.005

Values are mean ± standard deviation (n), or median [interquartile range] for continuous data, or % (n/N) for categorical data.

N/A, not applicable; PGA, patient global assessment.

*

Nominal two‐sided P‐value from paired t‐test for change from baseline.