PMID- 26497759
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160913
LR  - 20151130
IS  - 1532-8414 (Electronic)
IS  - 1071-9164 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 12
DP  - 2015 Dec
TI  - Psychometric Evaluation of Two Appetite Questionnaires in Patients With Heart 
      Failure.
PG  - 954-8
LID - S1071-9164(15)01130-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.10.006 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Decreased appetite in heart failure (HF) may lead to undernutrition 
      which could negatively influence prognosis. Appetite is a complex clinical issue 
      that is often best measured with the use of self-report instruments. However, 
      there is a lack of self-rated appetite instruments. The Council on Nutrition 
      Appetite Questionnaire (CNAQ) and the Simplified Nutritional Appetite 
      Questionnaire (SNAQ) are validated instruments developed primarily for elderly 
      people. Yet, the psychometric properties have not been evaluated in HF 
      populations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric 
      properties of CNAQ and SNAQ in patients with HF. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 
      186 outpatients with reduced ejection fraction and New York Heart Association 
      (NYHA) functional classifications II-IV were included (median age 72 y; 70% men). 
      Data were collected with the use of a questionnaire that included the CNAQ and 
      SNAQ. The psychometric evaluation included data quality, factor structure, 
      construct validity, known-group validity, and internal consistency. 
      Unidimensionality was supported by means of parallel analysis and confirmatory 
      factor analyses (CFAs). The CFA results indicated sufficient model fit. Both 
      construct validity and known-group validity were supported. Internal consistency 
      reliability was acceptable, with ordinal coefficient alpha estimates of 0.82 for 
      CNAQ and 0.77 for SNAQ. CONCLUSIONS: CNAQ and SNAQ demonstrated sound 
      psychometric properties and can be used to measure appetite in patients with HF.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Andreae, Christina
AU  - Andreae C
AD  - Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Linkoping 
      University, Linkoping; Centre for Clinical Research, Sormland, Uppsala 
      University, Sweden. christina.andreae@dll.se
FAU - Stromberg, Anna
AU  - Stromberg A
AD  - Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Linkoping 
      University, Linkoping, Sweden; Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and 
      Health Sciences, Linkoping, Sweden.
FAU - Sawatzky, Richard
AU  - Sawatzky R
AD  - Trinity Western University, School of Nursing, Langley, British Columbia, Canada; 
      Providence Health Care Research Institute, Centre for Health Evaluation and 
      Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
FAU - Arestedt, Kristofer
AU  - Arestedt K
AD  - Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Linkoping 
      University, Linkoping, Sweden.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20151020
PL  - United States
TA  - J Card Fail
JT  - Journal of cardiac failure
JID - 9442138
SB  - IM
EIN - J Card Fail. 2016 Mar;22(3):245
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Appetite/*physiology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*mortality/physiopathology/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Monitoring, Physiologic
MH  - Outpatients/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Psychometrics/*methods
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Survival Rate
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Appetite
OT  - heart failure
OT  - outpatient
OT  - psychometrics
EDAT- 2015/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/14 06:00
CRDT- 2015/10/27 06:00
PHST- 2015/08/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/10/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/10/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1071-9164(15)01130-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.10.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Card Fail. 2015 Dec;21(12):954-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.10.006. Epub 
      2015 Oct 20.