PMID- 10908081
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001130
LR  - 20220427
IS  - 1071-9164 (Print)
IS  - 1071-9164 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2000 Jun
TI  - Comparative responsiveness of Short-Form 12 and Minnesota Living With Heart 
      Failure Questionnaire in patients with heart failure.
PG  - 83-91
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Short-Form 12 (SF-12) and Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire 
      (LHFQ) are commonly used to measure quality of life (QOL) in heart failure 
      outcomes research. Their comparative responsiveness, however, has not been 
      documented. METHODS AND RESULTS: A prospective cohort study was conducted among 
      patients attending a university-based heart failure clinic between April 1997 and 
      September 1998. All patients received comprehensive heart failure care 
      management. QOL of patients was assessed by the SF-12 and LHFQ at baseline and 3 
      months. Of 87 patients completing follow-up, the mean change score was 10.1 for 
      the LHFQ and 5.8 for the SF-12 (both Ps < .001). The change scores of the 
      instruments were correlated (r = 0.61; P < .001). The SF-12 had a greater ability 
      than the LHFQ to statistically detect change in physical health but was less 
      sensitive to changes in mental health. The LHFQ performed better than the SF-12 
      in the ability to distinguish the differences in perceived global health 
      transition. CONCLUSION: The LHFQ is more responsive than the SF-12 to changes in 
      QOL. The SF-12 should not be used alone to measure the changes in QOL of patients 
      with heart failure.
FAU - Ni, H
AU  - Ni H
AD  - Heart Failure Treatment Program, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 
      97201-3098, USA.
FAU - Toy, W
AU  - Toy W
FAU - Burgess, D
AU  - Burgess D
FAU - Wise, K
AU  - Wise K
FAU - Nauman, D J
AU  - Nauman DJ
FAU - Crispell, K
AU  - Crispell K
FAU - Hershberger, R E
AU  - Hershberger RE
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Card Fail
JT  - Journal of cardiac failure
JID - 9442138
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status Indicators
MH  - Heart Failure/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Minnesota/epidemiology
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care/methods
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
EDAT- 2000/07/25 11:00
MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01
CRDT- 2000/07/25 11:00
PHST- 2000/07/25 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/07/25 11:00 [entrez]
AID - S1071916400977650 [pii]
AID - 10.1054/jcaf.2000.7869 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Card Fail. 2000 Jun;6(2):83-91. doi: 10.1054/jcaf.2000.7869.