[Quality of Life in heart failure patients referred to the Kerman outpatient centers, 2010]

ABSTRACT

Background and aims: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome which may have causes negative effects on quality of life. Nowadays, improvement of quality of life in these patients has become as an objective and a part of treatment programs that is a useful direction for promotion of care quality. It is necessary for nurses to gain essential knowledge to improve the patient's quality of life. The aim of this research was to study the quality of life in heart failure patients referred to the Kerman Outpatient Centers