Direction of the Relationship Between Acceptance of Illness and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure Patients.

Background: This study provides an in-depth insight into the relationships between illness acceptance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Although HRQoL is a well-established endpoint in CHF, little is known on illness acceptance in this group.

Aims: The aim of this study is to critically reconsider the direction of a relationship between HRQoL and illness acceptance in CHF patients.

The effect of acceptance of illness on the quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.

Background: Although important, a relationship between acceptance of illness and quality of life has not been studied extensively in individuals with chronic heart failure.

Aims: The aim of this study was to analyse an association between these two variables in a large group of individuals with at least a six-month history of heart failure.

Methods: The study included 100 patients (68 men and 32 women, mean age 63.