Priority 1 from the Advanced Heart Failure PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: Which treatments have the biggest impact on the quality of life of people with advanced heart failure? (JLA PSP Priority 1) | |
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Overall ranking |
1 |
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JLA question ID |
0098/01 |
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Explanatory note |
Generally quality of life is not the primary (main) outcome in clinical studies - although it is likely to appear in exercise studies as a secondary outcome (not the main focus of study), self-management and self-care interventions |
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Evidence |
No systematic reviews on this topic in past five years |
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Health Research Classification System category |
Cardiovascular |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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Original uncertainty examples |
Does involvement of a specialist palliative care team in addition to heart failure nurses improve quality of life for patients and their carers ~ How can we most effectively improve survival and quality of life in people with HF? ~ I want my quality of life to get better so I am able to do these day to day tasks and more ~ Do diuretics improve quality of life? |
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Submitted by |
3 x health professionals, 1 x patient |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0098 |
| PSP name | Advanced Heart Failure |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 65 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 13 February 2019 |