PMID- 17680511
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071206
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1401-7431 (Print)
IS  - 1401-7431 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - The validation of a new quality of life questionnaire for patients with 
      congestive heart failure-an extension of the Cardiac Health Profile.
PG  - 235-41
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the validity and reliability of the new disease-specific 
      extension of the CHP, Cardiac Health Profile congestive heart failure (CHPchf), 
      used to assess QoL specifically for patients with heart failure. METHODS: 
      Eighty-three consecutive patients with chronic heart failure were enrolled. 
      Criteria and construct validity were studied by correlating the Global Mean Score 
      (GMS) for the CHPchf with the total sum score of the Minnesota Living with Heart 
      Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and other measures predicted to correlate with QoL. 
      Reliability was evaluated on the basis of internal consistency. RESULTS: 
      Significant correlations for CHPchf were found with MLHFQ (r=0.76, p= <0.0001), 
      the Boston Heart Failure Score (BHFS) (p<0.001), the generic second section of 
      the CHP, maximal workload at exercise test (p<0.05) and the New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) classification (p<0.01). Cronbach's alpha was calculated to 
      0.82. CONCLUSIONS: CHPchf was shown to be valid and reliable. CHPchf has 
      favourable psychometric properties. Further studies are needed to explore its 
      discriminative abilities.
FAU - Mannheimer, Buster
AU  - Mannheimer B
AD  - Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Soder Hospital, 
      Stockholm, Sweden. buster.mannheimer@sodersjukhuset.se
FAU - Andersson, Bert
AU  - Andersson B
FAU - Carlsson, Lilian
AU  - Carlsson L
FAU - Wahrborg, Peter
AU  - Wahrborg P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - England
TA  - Scand Cardiovasc J
JT  - Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ
JID - 9708377
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Heart Failure/*complications/psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2007/08/08 09:00
MHDA- 2007/12/07 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/08 09:00
PHST- 2007/08/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/12/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 779123033 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/14017430701422454 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Scand Cardiovasc J. 2007 Aug;41(4):235-41. doi: 10.1080/14017430701422454.