PMID- 16155781
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060106
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0962-9343 (Print)
IS  - 0962-9343 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 8
DP  - 2005 Oct
TI  - Psychometric properties of an established heart disease specific health-related 
      quality of life questionnaire for pacemaker patients.
PG  - 1937-42
AB  - Little is known about the HRQL of pacemaker patients due to the limited 
      availability of disease-specific instruments. The aim of the Pacemaker Patients 
      Quality of Life (PAPQoL) study was to determine the psychometric properties for 
      the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MacNew) in 
      patients before and after pacemaker implantation. Patients with a given 
      indication for pacemaker therapy (N = 68) completed two self-administered HRQL 
      instruments, the SF-36, a well-known and psychometrically sound health survey, 
      and the MacNew, a reliable and valid heart-disease-specific HRQL instrument, 
      before and one, three and six months after pacemaker implantation. We assessed 
      disease severity with the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. 
      Test-retest reliability, intra-class correlation, Cronbach's alpha, validity 
      coefficients, sensitivity analyses (effect sizes) and confirmatory factor 
      analysis were carried out. The MacNew demonstrated adequate reliability 
      (Cronbach's alpha and ICCs > 0.80 on all scales), validity (correlations between 
      similar SF-36 and MacNew subscales > 0.80), and responsiveness (all effect sizes 
      > or = 0.67) in pacemaker patients. The MacNew demonstrates adequate psychometric 
      properties for evaluating HRQL in patients before and after pacemaker 
      implantation.
FAU - Hofer, S
AU  - Hofer S
AD  - Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, 
      Schopfstrasse 23a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. stefan.hoefer@uibk.ac.at
FAU - Anelli-Monti, M
AU  - Anelli-Monti M
FAU - Berger, T
AU  - Berger T
FAU - Hintringer, F
AU  - Hintringer F
FAU - Oldridge, N
AU  - Oldridge N
FAU - Benzer, W
AU  - Benzer W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Qual Life Res
JT  - Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of 
      treatment, care and rehabilitation
JID - 9210257
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Austria
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Diseases
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pacemaker, Artificial/*psychology
MH  - *Psychometrics
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2005/09/13 09:00
MHDA- 2006/01/07 09:00
CRDT- 2005/09/13 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/09/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/01/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/09/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11136-005-4347-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Qual Life Res. 2005 Oct;14(8):1937-42. doi: 10.1007/s11136-005-4347-9.