PMID- 17952263
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080619
LR  - 20190823
IS  - 0102-311X (Print)
IS  - 0102-311X (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 11
DP  - 2007 Nov
TI  - [Correlation between instruments for measuring health-related quality of life and 
      functional independence in elderly with heart failure].
PG  - 2705-15
AB  - The main purpose of this study was to identify the correlation between 
      health-related quality of life and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in 
      elderly patients with heart failure. 146 elderly outpatients completed the 
      Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (LHFQ) and the FIM. Spearman 
      correlation coefficient was used to identify correlations between health-related 
      quality of life and FIM, and between them and New York Heart Association (NYHA) 
      class. Statistically significant moderate correlations were found between 
      physical and emotional LHFQ and total FIM and motor subscale. The results show 
      that quality of life and functional independence are correlated concepts 
      influenced by NYHA class and suggest that measures to promote functional 
      independence (especially in the physical domain) can improve health-related 
      quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure. Further research should 
      include a larger sample and older patients with greater disease severity in order 
      to verify the reproducibility of these findings.
FAU - Scattolin, Fatima Ayres de Araujo
AU  - Scattolin FA
AD  - Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, 
      Pca. Dr. Jose Ermirio de Moraes 290, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
      fscattolin@pucsp.br
FAU - Diogo, Maria Jose D'Elboux
AU  - Diogo MJ
FAU - Colombo, Roberta Cunha Rodrigues
AU  - Colombo RC
LA  - por
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Correlacao entre instrumentos de qualidade de vida relacionada a saude e 
      independencia funcional em idosos com insuficiencia cardiaca.
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Cad Saude Publica
JT  - Cadernos de saude publica
JID - 8901573
SB  - IM
MH  - *Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Geriatric Assessment/*methods
MH  - Heart Failure/epidemiology/physiopathology/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2007/10/24 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/20 09:00
CRDT- 2007/10/24 09:00
PHST- 2006/04/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/05/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0102-311X2007001100018 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001100018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cad Saude Publica. 2007 Nov;23(11):2705-15. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001100018.