PMID- 12867777
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030814
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 0029-6562 (Print)
IS  - 0029-6562 (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 4
DP  - 2003 Jul-Aug
TI  - Comparison of quality of life measures in heart failure.
PG  - 207-16
AB  - BACKGROUND: Although numerous health-related quality-of-life instruments are 
      available to measure patients' quality of life, few studies have compared these 
      measures directly to determine how they function in the same group of patients. 
      OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to empirically compare psychometric 
      properties of the Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHQ), the Minnesota Living 
      with Heart Failure Questionnaire (LHFQ), and the General Health Survey 
      Short-form-12 (SF-12). SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 211 patients with heart 
      failure completed baseline questionnaires; 165 patients completed the entire 
      26-week study. METHODS: Patients completed telephone interviews at baseline and 
      at 4, 8, and 26 weeks after baseline. To compare mode of administration, a subset 
      of patients (n = 173) completed face-to-face and telephone interviews. RESULTS: 
      Patients reported low-to-moderate health-related quality-of-life overall. 
      Reliability of the three instruments was satisfactory. Responsiveness to changing 
      condition, as evaluated by analysis of variance, receiver operating curve 
      characteristics, and the minimal clinically important difference method, 
      indicated that the CHQ and LHFQ were more responsive to changing conditions than 
      the SF-12. No major differences were noted between the scores of the face-to-face 
      interviews and the baseline telephone interviews. The LHFQ and SF-12 were easier 
      and took less time to administer than the CHQ. CONCLUSIONS: While all three 
      instruments were reliable and valid, the CHQ and LHFQ were more sensitive than 
      the SF-12 in detecting clinically important changes over time.
FAU - Bennett, Susan J
AU  - Bennett SJ
AD  - Indiana University School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, 
      USA. sbennet@iupui.edu
FAU - Oldridge, Neil B
AU  - Oldridge NB
FAU - Eckert, George J
AU  - Eckert GJ
FAU - Embree, Jennifer L
AU  - Embree JL
FAU - Browning, Sherry
AU  - Browning S
FAU - Hou, Nan
AU  - Hou N
FAU - Chui, Michelle
AU  - Chui M
FAU - Deer, Melissa
AU  - Deer M
FAU - Murray, Michael D
AU  - Murray MD
LA  - eng
GR  - R03 HS09822-01/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Nurs Res
JT  - Nursing research
JID - 0376404
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Feasibility Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/epidemiology/*nursing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic/methods
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics/methods
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States/epidemiology
MH  - *Weights and Measures
EDAT- 2003/07/18 05:00
MHDA- 2003/08/15 05:00
CRDT- 2003/07/18 05:00
PHST- 2003/07/18 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/08/15 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/07/18 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00006199-200307000-00001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurs Res. 2003 Jul-Aug;52(4):207-16. doi: 10.1097/00006199-200307000-00001.