Validation of the ELAN-HF Score and self-care behaviour on the nurse-led heart failure clinic after admission for heart failure

Table 5 Cox regression analysis (univariate and multivariate) for readmission and / or mortality ≤ 180 days

	Univariate HR	Univariate p-value	Multivariate HR	Multivariate p-value
Gender	1.45 (0.8 to 2.61)	0.223
History of DM	1.05 (0.53 to 2.08)	0.888
History of COPD	1.87 (0.92 to 3.8)	0.084
Atrial fibrillation at admission	1.51 (0.83 to 2.73)	0.175
Admitted with ADHF in past year	2.42 (1.33 to 4.4)	0.004	1.90 (1.02—3.54)	0.044
Outpatient clinic patient	2.78 (1.45 to 5.35)	0.002	2.16 (1.10—4.24)	0.025
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Preserved	Reference
Moderately reduced	1.02 (0.63 to 1.66)	0.927
Reduced	1.28 (0.73 to 2.23)	0.387
ELAN-HF score	1.27 (1.11 to 1.46)	< 0.001	1.24 (1.085—1.44)	0.003
EHFScBS-9 score normalized	1.01 (0.99 to 1.03)	0.174

COPD, Chronical Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, ELAN-HF, European collaboration on Acute decompensated Heart Failure, EHFScBS-9 European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale

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