Effect of Iron deficiency on health-related quality of life in chronic heart failure patients regardless of anaemia status .

Abstract

H eart Failure is a chronic disease that has a wide reaching effects on both mortality & morbidity of affected individuals despite advances in treatment. HF causes a major disability & functional limitations of physical activity in the patients. This limitation is closely related to the daily life activities which affects quality of life (QOL) and causes changes in the lifestyle imposed by the disease. Patients with HF have their lives affected by the disease and optimized care should be directed at aiming at decreasing these impacts on their quality of life.