Assessment of Quality of Life Among Chronic Heart Failure Outpatients in Malaysia: Propensity Score Matched Analysis Between Self- and Proxy-Reports in 6 Health Dimensions

This study provides insights into HRQoL and the high prevalence of proxy responses among Malaysians with HF. Although proxy reporting can be informative, clinicians should interpret proxy-reported HRQoL cautiously, particularly in physical and functional domains, because of small-to-moderate deviations from self-reports.