Regarding QoL, the results of the study revealed associations between AVSI and ADAT, which further corroborate the positive impact of social support on QoL of the family members. Furthermore, age of family member was shown to be associated with QoL, i.e. higher QoL in lower age. This could reflect that older family members were more often living together with the person with CHF, which might affect their QoL as studies have shown that spouses of patients with CHF have lower QoL (Dracup et al. 2004, Luttik et al. 2005).