I.V. Vologdina, B.A. Minko, E.G. Poroshina, A.V. Petrov

Impact of cognitive and affective impairment on quality of life and treatment adherence in elderly patients with heart failure

The study included 106 elderly patients with HF NYHA classes II: 34 patients had mild cognitive impairment, 37 patients – mild vascular dementia, 35 patients – depressive symptoms. The worst quality of life measured by the SF-36 and the lowest medication adherence measured by Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire were identified in patients with depressive symptoms