PMID- 16290116
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060714
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1474-5151 (Print)
IS  - 1474-5151 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 2
DP  - 2006 Jun
TI  - Impact of chronic heart failure on elderly persons' daily life: a validation 
      study.
PG  - 137-45
AB  - BACKGROUND: Knowledge about how elderly persons perceive the impact of chronic 
      heart failure (CHF) on daily life is important when planning nursing care. For 
      this purpose, disease specific instruments are needed. However, few instruments 
      have been developed or tested specifically on elderly persons. AIM: To validate a 
      Swedish version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (LHFQ) 
      on elderly persons with CHF, and use it to describe the impact of CHF on daily 
      life in the same population. METHODS: The sample comprised of 357 persons, aged 
      between 65 and 99, diagnosed with CHF. A questionnaire including background data, 
      the LHFQ and the SF-12 was used. RESULTS: A factor analysis resulted in four 
      dimensions: physical, emotional, treatment and pleasure. LHFQ showed convergent 
      validity and ability to discriminate between known groups. Cronbach's alpha for 
      the total scale was 0.94. Impairments in the physical dimension were most common, 
      especially fatigue (88%) and shortness of breath (87%). CONCLUSIONS: The LHFQ 
      showed satisfying psychometric properties in an elderly Swedish population with 
      CHF and can, with minor alterations, be recommended for research and clinical 
      use. The impact of chronic heart failure on daily life was mostly physical, but 
      other impairments were also common.
FAU - Franzen, Kristofer
AU  - Franzen K
AD  - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P.O. BOX 157, SE-221 
      00 Lund, Sweden. kristofer.franzen@hik.se
FAU - Blomqvist, Kerstin
AU  - Blomqvist K
FAU - Saveman, Britt-Inger
AU  - Saveman BI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20051114
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs
JT  - European journal of cardiovascular nursing
JID - 101128793
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - *Attitude to Health
MH  - *Cost of Illness
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Discriminant Analysis
MH  - Dyspnea/etiology
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Fatigue/etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Heart Failure/complications/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Sweden
MH  - Translating
EDAT- 2005/11/18 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/15 09:00
CRDT- 2005/11/18 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/08/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2005/09/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/11/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1474-5151(05)00108-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2005.09.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006 Jun;5(2):137-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2005.09.003. 
      Epub 2005 Nov 14.