Quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure with a preserved efuction fraction and symptom of bendopnea

The study of quality of life (QOL) in patients with CHF with preserved LV EF and a symptom of bendopnea with different levels of salt intake. Materials and methods. The study included 66 patients. The main symptoms of CHF were edema in 54.5% of cases, shortness of breath in 77% of cases, ascites was found only in 2 patients, liver enlargement in 7 patients. Abdominal obesity was detected in 53 patients. Quality of life was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire, salt intake was assessed using the Charlton: SaltScreener questionnaire. On average, the time of occurrence of bendopnea was 22.5±9.3 seconds, the minimum was 5 seconds. The absence of influence of abdominal obesity on the risk of bendopnea was revealed. According to the SF-36 questionnaire, there was a decrease in physical health (median 31.3 points [20.7; 42.3]) and psychological health (mean score 43.2±21.7). The presence of the symptom of bendopnea significantly reduces the quality of life of patients with CHF with preserved EF.