Characteristics | Family | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Patient | Sex | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Male |
Age (years) | 58 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 60 | 60 | 65 | 70 | |
Marital status | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | |
Work | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
Duration of HF (months) | 10 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |
NYHA classification | I | I | II | II | II | II | II | II | |
Aetiology of HF | IHD | IHD | IHD | IHD | IHD | IHD | IHD | IHD | |
LVEF % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 30 | 35 | |
Comorbidity | MI | RA, HTN | HTN, hearing loss | MI, HTN | MI | MI, HTN | MI, DM | MI | |
Years living in Denmark | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 30 | |
Family member | Sex | Female | Female | Female | Female | Female | Male | Female | Female |
Age (years) | 53 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 52 | 65 | 35 | 63 | |
Marital status | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | Married | |
Work | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Relation to patient | Spouse | Spouse | Spouse | Spouse | Spouse | Spouse | Daughter | Spouse |
DM, diabetes mellitus; HF, heart failure; HTN, hypertension; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; NYHA, New York Heart Association classification of heart failure; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.