PMID- 20809052
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100910
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1651-2081 (Electronic)
IS  - 1650-1977 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 8
DP  - 2010 Sep
TI  - Validation of the London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale in patients with 
      heart failure.
PG  - 715-8
LID - 10.2340/16501977-0578 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is a 
      well-validated, commonly-used tool to assess quality of life in patients with 
      heart failure. However, it lacks specific information concerning breathlessness 
      during daily activities. OBJECTIVE: To determine the validity of the London Chest 
      Activity of Daily Living (LCADL) scale for use in patients with heart failure. 
      METHODS: Forty-seven patients with heart failure (57% males, mean age 50 years 
      (standard deviation 9), mean left ventricle ejection fraction 29% (SD 6), New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I-III) were included. All subjects 
      first performed a cardiopulmonary exercise test and then responded to the LCADL 
      and the MLHFQ, with guidance from the same investigator. The re-test for the 
      LCADL was applied one week later. RESULTS: LCADL was correlated with MLHFQ (r = 
      0.88; p < 0.0001). LCADL and MLHFQ were also correlated with exercise capacity (r 
      = -0.75 and r = -0.73, respectively; both p < 0.0001). The LCADL was shown to be 
      reproducible (ri = 0.98). There was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the 
      LCADL scores between NYHA functional classes I and II, as well as classes I and 
      III, but not between classes II and III. CONCLUSION: The LCADL was shown to be a 
      valid measurement of dyspnoea during daily activities in patients with heart 
      failure. This scale could be an additional useful tool for the assessment of 
      patients' dyspnoea during activities of daily living.
FAU - Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira
AU  - Carvalho VO
AD  - Laboratorio de Insuficiencia Cardiaca e Transplante do Instituto do Coracao do 
      Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (InCor HC-FMUSP), Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil. vitor.carvalho@usp.br
FAU - Garrod, Rachel
AU  - Garrod R
FAU - Bocchi, Edimar Alcides
AU  - Bocchi EA
FAU - Pitta, Fabio
AU  - Pitta F
FAU - Guimaraes, Guilherme Veiga
AU  - Guimaraes GV
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - Sweden
TA  - J Rehabil Med
JT  - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
JID - 101088169
SB  - IM
MH  - *Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Dyspnea/*physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Exercise Tolerance/physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Respiratory Function Tests
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology
EDAT- 2010/09/03 06:00
MHDA- 2010/09/11 06:00
CRDT- 2010/09/03 06:00
PHST- 2010/09/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/09/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/09/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2340/16501977-0578 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Rehabil Med. 2010 Sep;42(8):715-8. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0578.