Limited Association Between Perceived Control and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure

Authors

Teesta Banerjee, Stanford University
Kyoung Suk Lee, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Steven R. Browning, University of KentuckyFollow
Claudia Hopenhayn, University of KentuckyFollow
Susan C. Westneat, University of KentuckyFollow
Martha J. Biddle, University of KentuckyFollow
Cynthia Arslanian-Angoren, University of Michigan
Jo-Ann Eastwood, University of California - Los Angeles
Gia Mudd, University of KentuckyFollow
Debra K. Moser, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Background: Perceived control has been suggested as a modifiable factor associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, the relationship between perceived control and HRQOL has not been evaluated in patients with heart failure (HF). The purpose of this study was to determine whether perceived control independently predicts HRQOL in HF patients. Methods: A total of 423 HF patients were included. Hierarchical linear regression was performed to determine the independent association of perceived control to HRQOL after controlling for covariates. Results: Higher levels of perceived control were associated with better HRQOL in univariate analysis. However, this relationship was strongly attenuated after controlling for relevant demographic, clinical, and psychological factors; the variance in HRQOL explained by the addition of perceived control to this model was small (1.4%). Conclusions: We found only a weak relationship between perceived control and HRQOL when considered in the presence of demographic, clinical, and psychological factors.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2014

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, v. 29, no. 3, p. 227-231.

Copyright © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

The document available for download is the authors' post-peer-review final draft of the article.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0b013e31828b2b23

Funding Information

Funding was received through NIH R01 NR008567 from the National Institute of Nursing Research and a Center grant from NIH National Institute of Nursing Research 1P20NR010679.

Repository Citation

Banerjee, Teesta; Lee, Kyoung Suk; Browning, Steven R.; Hopenhayn, Claudia; Westneat, Susan C.; Biddle, Martha J.; Arslanian-Angoren, Cynthia; Eastwood, Jo-Ann; Mudd, Gia; and Moser, Debra K., "Limited Association Between Perceived Control and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure" (2014). Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications. 24.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epidemiology_facpub/24