| ABBREVIATIONS | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 The objectives of the study were to: | 第13页 |
| 1.2 The research questions were: | 第13-14页 |
| 2. METHODOLOGY | 第14-20页 |
| 2.1 Design of the study | 第14页 |
| 2.2 Setting and sample | 第14-15页 |
| 2.3 Instrument | 第15-18页 |
| 2.4 Ethical Considerations | 第18页 |
| 2.5 Data Collecting Procedure | 第18-19页 |
| 2.6 Data Analysis | 第19-20页 |
| 3. RESULTS | 第20-29页 |
| 3.1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients and Family Caregivers: | 第20-22页 |
| 3.2 Quality of life in patients with heart failure and their family caregivers | 第22-25页 |
| 3.3 The relation between socio-demographics characteristics and total quality of life for patient: | 第25页 |
| 3.4 The relation between socio-demographics characteristics and total quality of life for family caregiver: | 第25-27页 |
| 3.5 The correlation between patients’ QOL and caregivers’ QOL | 第27-29页 |
| 4. DISCUSSION | 第29-35页 |
| 5. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY | 第35页 |
| 6. CONCLUSION | 第35-36页 |
| 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第36-38页 |
| 8. LITERATURE REVIEW | 第38-58页 |
| 8.1 Congestive Heart failure | 第38页 |
| 8.2 Definition of Congestive Heart Failure | 第38-39页 |
| 8.3 Types of Congestive Heart Failures: | 第39-41页 |
| 8.4 Causes of congestive heart failure: | 第41-42页 |
| 8.5 Diagnosis methods and tools of Congestive heart failure: | 第42页 |
| 8.6 Characteristics of Congestive Heart failure: | 第42-44页 |
| 8.7 Treatment of Congestive Heart failure: | 第44-46页 |
| 8.8 Epidemiology of Heart Failure | 第46-48页 |
| 8.8.1 Incidence and Prevalence: | 第46-47页 |
| 8.8.2 Hospitalization: | 第47页 |
| 8.8.3 Mortality: | 第47-48页 |
| 8.9 Quality Of Life | 第48页 |
| 8.10 Definition of quality of life | 第48-50页 |
| 8.11 Quality of life Domains | 第50-51页 |
| 8.12 Quality of life in family caregiver of heart failure patients | 第51-55页 |
| 8.13 Quality of life in heart failure patients | 第55-58页 |
| References | 第58-85页 |
| Academic published Papers | 第85-86页 |
| Questionnaires | 第86-91页 |
