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We describe differences and factors associated with change in HRQOL before and early post-surgery among caregivers of older heart failure patients who underwent 3 surgical therapies: HT with pretransplant MCS (HT MCS), HT without pretransplant MCS (HT non-MCS), and long-term MCS.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              Caregivers of older patients (60\u201380 years) from 13 US sites completed the EQ-5D-3 L visual analog scale (0 [worst]\u2013100 [best] imaginable health state) and dimensions before and 3 and 6 months post-surgery. Analyses included linear regression,\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n              tests, and nonparametric tests.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              Among 227 caregivers (HT MCS=54, HT non-MCS=76, long-term MCS=97; median age 62.7 years, 30% male, 84% White, 83% spouse\/partner), EQ-5D visual analog scale scores were high before (84.8\u00b114.1) and at 3 (84.7\u00b113.0) and 6 (83.9\u00b114.7) months post-surgery, without significant differences among groups or changes over time. Patient pulmonary hypertension presurgery (\u03b2=\u221213.72 [95% CI, \u221221.07 to \u22126.36];\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;0.001) and arrhythmia from 3 to 6 months post-operatively (\u03b2=\u221214.22 [95% CI, \u221227.41 to \u22121.02];\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n              =0.035) were associated with the largest decrements in caregiver HRQOL; patient marital\/partner status (\u03b2=6.21 [95% CI, 1.34\u201311.08];\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n              =0.013) and presurgery coronary disease (\u03b2=8.98 [95% CI, 4.07\u201313.89];\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;0.001) were associated with the largest improvements.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Caregivers of older patients undergoing heart failure surgeries reported overall high HRQOL before and early post-surgery. 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