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Article

Predicting Quality of Life of Patients in Romania with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by Analyzing H2FPEF Scores

by
Alina Ciobanu-Teașă
1,*,
Suzana Guberna
1,*,
Cosmina Elena Jercălău
1,
Octavian Ceban
2,
Cătălina Liliana Andrei
1 and
Crina Julieta Sinescu
1
1
Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Emergency Hospital “Bagdasar-Arseni”, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
2
Economic Cybernetics and Informatics Department, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010552 Bucharest, Romania
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2025, 13(8), 909; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13080909
Submission received: 2 January 2025 / Revised: 12 April 2025 / Accepted: 14 April 2025 / Published: 15 April 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Patient Experience and the Quality of Health Care)
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Background/Objectives: This study aimed to find a way to predict the quality-of-life factors for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction based on their H2FPEF scores. Methods: We performed a prospective observational analysis of 142 hospitalized patients diagnosed with HFPEF who were followed for 12 months after discharge. We calculated the H2FPEF score for each patient during hospitalization. The follow-up after discharge aimed to monitor limitations of usual physical activity, recently experienced fatigue, the presence of leg edemas, the ability to exercise regularly, and sadness. We thus obtained data about these patients’ quality of life, their physical and mental limitations, their number of readmissions, and the percentage of mortality. We used logistic regression models to estimate the relationship between the H2FPEF score and each variable, providing probabilities for each sign or symptom of the disease mentioned by the patients. Results: All the observed variables showed statistical significance. Marked limitations of physical activity showed the strongest relationship with the H2FPEF score, followed by edema and regular exercise. Conclusions: Our research shows a method with which to predict the quality-of-life (QoL) factors in patients with HFPEF based on their H2FPEF scores. We can predict which patients are at high risk and require more medical resources by quickly calculating their H2FPEF scores.
Keywords: quality of life; heart failure; chronic disease management; risk stratification; H2FPEF; patient-centered care quality of life; heart failure; chronic disease management; risk stratification; H2FPEF; patient-centered care

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Ciobanu-Teașă, A.; Guberna, S.; Jercălău, C.E.; Ceban, O.; Andrei, C.L.; Sinescu, C.J. Predicting Quality of Life of Patients in Romania with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by Analyzing H2FPEF Scores. Healthcare 2025, 13, 909. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13080909

AMA Style

Ciobanu-Teașă A, Guberna S, Jercălău CE, Ceban O, Andrei CL, Sinescu CJ. Predicting Quality of Life of Patients in Romania with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by Analyzing H2FPEF Scores. Healthcare. 2025; 13(8):909. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13080909

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Ciobanu-Teașă, Alina, Suzana Guberna, Cosmina Elena Jercălău, Octavian Ceban, Cătălina Liliana Andrei, and Crina Julieta Sinescu. 2025. "Predicting Quality of Life of Patients in Romania with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by Analyzing H2FPEF Scores" Healthcare 13, no. 8: 909. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13080909

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Ciobanu-Teașă, A., Guberna, S., Jercălău, C. E., Ceban, O., Andrei, C. L., & Sinescu, C. J. (2025). Predicting Quality of Life of Patients in Romania with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by Analyzing H2FPEF Scores. Healthcare, 13(8), 909. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13080909

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