Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire Pdf

Am heart j 1992 124 1017 1025 pubmed abstract rector ts kubo sh cohn jn.

Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire pdf.

It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score. 1987 patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure. Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire heart failure health related quality of life factor analysis rasch analysis psychometric properties background heart failure hf is one of the most important health problems in terms of prevalence morbidity mortality and health service use 1. A qualitative validation of the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire article pdf available in quality of life research 13 2 417 26 april 2004 with 567 reads how we measure reads.

It affects around 2 to 3 of. Rector ts kubo cohn jn. 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 is one of the most widely used health related quality of life questionnaires for patients with heart failure hf.

Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire. 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 minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire lhfq is a commonly used measure of health related quality of life in persons with heart failure researchers have questioned whether lhfq is sensitive to subtle differences and sufficiently responsive to clinical interventions because the instrument has demonstrated variable performance in clinical trials. However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor.

The united states food drug administration fda has approved the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq as a medical device development tool mddt for use in controlled clinical trials designed to test superiority or non inferiority of medical devices in support of regulatory submissions. 11 10 04 minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire the following questions ask how much your heart failure heart condition affected your life during the past month 4 weeks. Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.