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Table 2 Development of patient HRQOL over time and by distance to death

From: Quality of life among elderly patients undergoing transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement– a model-based longitudinal data analysis

 

Quality of life

Heart function

Status of assistance

 

EQ-5DIndex

Five EQ-5D dimensions

   
 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

 

EQ-5DIndex

Mobility

Looking after myself

Doing usual activities

Having pain or discomfort

Feeling worried, sad or unhappy

NYHA score

CCS score

Status of assistance

 

Point estimate

Odds ratios from the ordered logistic regression model

Last follow-up before death

−0.495***

85.56***

210.2***

79.70**

23.66***

44.06***

4.653

1.258

189.7***

Second last follow-up before death

−0.305***

14.40**

26.95***

7.132*

16.94***

15.65***

2.042

2.203

18.08*

Third from last follow-up before death

−0.221***

11.96

23.42***

6.753

2.672

3.567

5.171**

1.477

58.83***

Fourth from last follow-up before death

−0.204***

8.480*

10.11**

6.338

3.433

8.167**

1.807

1.911

22.58***

Fifth from last follow-up before death

−0.139**

5.282

12.73**

8.027

1.384

2.331

1.169

1.247

21.37*

Sixth from last follow-up before death

−0.0983*

2.033

3.203

2.902

2.918

3.273

1.464

0.996

7.387

Overall trend

−0.00143

1.083***

1.040

0.963

1.042***

0.979

1.053***

1.024

1.060*

Month 1 post-discharge

−0.0460**

2.878***

2.358*

2.273**

1.391

1.487

1.939**

1.197

2.652*

Constant

0.789***

        

N

2294

2328

2332

2330

2330

2317

2252

2254

1980

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  2. The EQ-5DIndex is a continuous variable between 0 and 1 (0 = worst state, 1 = best state). The 5 EQ-5D dimensions as shown in Model (2) to model (6) are order categorical variables (1 = no problems, 2 = some problems, 3 = extreme problems). Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Angina Grading Scale is an order categorical variable between 1 (angina only during strenuous or prolonged physical activity) and 4 (inability to perform any activity without angina). New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification is an order categorical variable between 1 (cardiac disease, but no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity) and 4 (severe limitations, experiences symptoms even while at rest). The current state of assistance is an order categorical variable with 1 (no external help or intra-familial help only), 2 (assisted living and/or home care services) and 3 (short or long-term care or temporal hospitalization)