Appetite of heart failure patients and its relationship with quality of life and depressive symptoms

• Grant number: 20/02690-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2021
• End date: January 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Camila Takáo Lopes
• Grantee: Gabriela de Angeli de Martini
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem (EPE). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In Brazil, there is a scarcity of studies that associate depression, appetite and quality of life (QOL) in patients with heart failure (HF). The knowledge gained from the following study could contribute to improving the QOL of these patients, by guiding more appropriate interventions. Objective: To assess the relationship between depressive symptoms, appetite and quality of life in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Materials and methods: An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study will be conducted with patients with HF hospitalized in any sector of Hospital São Paulo, for any reason. The independent variables will be depressive symptoms and appetite. The dependent variable will be QOL. The covariates will be classified into sociodemographic and clinical. Depressive symptoms will be measured using the Beck II Depression Inventory (BDI-II). Appetite will be considered a continuous variable, measured according to the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (QNSA). Quality of life will be considered a continuous variable, measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). Sociodemographic and clinical variables will be analyzed descriptively, using measures of central tendency and dispersion. The relationships between the MLHFQ score, the QNSA score and the BDI classification will be assessed by means of simple and multiple linear regression, while controlling for sociodemographic and clinical covariates.

Scientific publications

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DE MARTINI, GABRIELA DE ANGELI; GRISANTE, DAIANE LOPES; PONTES GONCALVES, ALEXIA LOUISIE; D'AGOSTINO, FABIO; LOPES, JULIANA DE LIMA; SANTOS, VINICIUS BATISTA; LOPES, CAMILA TAKAO. Relationships between Depressive Symptoms, Appetite, and Quality of Life in Heart Failure. WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2022-12-08. (20/02690-8)