Minnesota Living With Heart Failure

Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.

Minnesota living with heart failure.

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 two questionnaires were administered to 589 patients with chronic heart failure who were registered with 97 primary care physicians. Health related quality of life hrqol is an important outcome in patients with heart failure. Am heart j 1992 124 1017 1025 pubmed abstract rector ts kubo sh cohn jn.

Comparison of different factor structures a. 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. However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor. To evaluate the applicability internal consistency and validity of the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq when used in primary care compared with the short form 36 sf 36 health survey.

Quirós health and quality of life outcomes. It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score. The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire. 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.

García pérez gemma navarro r. One of the most commonly used instruments to measure hrqol in this population is the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire lhfq. 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. Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure.

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.