Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire Reliability And Validity

Comparative responsiveness of short form 12 and minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire in patients with heart failure.

Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire reliability and validity.

Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire. The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is a reliable and valid patient oriented measure of the adverse effects of heart failure on a patient s life. The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq has been used as a key outcome measure in studies and evaluations of patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure chf our aim was to translate and validate a spanish version of this questionnaire in spanish population in the usa. The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is one of the most widely used health related quality of life questionnaires for patients with heart failure hf.

The standard forward backward translation linguistic validation was done. Am heart j 1992 124 1017 1025 pubmed abstract rector ts kubo sh cohn jn. Evaluated were 198 ambulatory p. The united states food and drug administration fda has approved the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire as medical device development tool mddt for use in controlled clinical trials designed to test.

The mlhfq has been adapted and used by various countries worldwide. Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure. 11 the latter is the most widely used in studies of the qol of patients with chf in hospital settings 1 2 and has been shown to have good. However to be utilized in indonesia it needs validity and reliability studies.

Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire. To determine the reliability and validity of a patient outcome questionnaire for chronic heart failure a randomized double blind placebo controlled 3 month trial of pimobendan an investigational medication with inotropic and vasodilator activities was performed. Ni h toy w burgess d wise k nauman d crispell k hershberger r. Assessment of patient outcome with the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.

However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor. To determine the reliability and validity of a patient outcome questionnaire for chronic heart failure a randomized double blind placebo controlled 3 month trial of pimobendan an investigational medication with inotropic and vasodilator activities was performed. Reliability and validity during a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial of pimobendan to determine the reliability and validity of a patient outcome questionnaire for chronic heart failure a randomized double blind placebo controlled 3 month trial of pimobendan an investigational.