PMID- 8113824
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940331
LR  - 20190830
IS  - 0895-4356 (Print)
IS  - 0895-4356 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 2
DP  - 1994 Feb
TI  - A comparison of three quality of life instruments in subjects with angina 
      pectoris: the Sickness Impact Profile, the Nottingham Health Profile, and the 
      Quality of Well Being Scale.
PG  - 157-63
AB  - Three instruments for the assessment of quality of life, the Quality of Well 
      Being index (QWB), the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and the Sickness Impact 
      Profile (SIP) were assessed in 59 patients with angina pectoris. The NHP showed 
      increased statistically significant impairment with higher New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) class in 4 out of 6 subscales but not in single responses to 
      questions on daily life. In the SIP 9 out of 11 dimensions increased with NYHA 
      grade as did the physical and psychosocial subscores and the total score. There 
      were statistically significant increases in six of the eleven dimensions. In the 
      QWB an increase was observed only for two out of four categories employed in this 
      instrument. The QWB was the most difficult to administer and thought likely to be 
      insensitive to changes in anginal pain. There was a high level of agreement in 
      similar dimensions of NHP and SIP. A psychological distress score was evaluated 
      using the Symptom Rating Test and correlated with all summary dimensions of both 
      instruments. The coefficients of variation were lower in SIP than in NHP 
      categories. In conclusion quality of life instruments like NHP and SIP may be 
      able to identify treatment effects in angina patients and so yield a useful 
      addition to the traditional measures employed for the assessment of their 
      condition.
FAU - Visser, M C
AU  - Visser MC
AD  - Epidemiology Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
FAU - Fletcher, A E
AU  - Fletcher AE
FAU - Parr, G
AU  - Parr G
FAU - Simpson, A
AU  - Simpson A
FAU - Bulpitt, C J
AU  - Bulpitt CJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Epidemiol
JT  - Journal of clinical epidemiology
JID - 8801383
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Angina Pectoris/*psychology
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1994/02/01 00:00
MHDA- 1994/02/01 00:01
CRDT- 1994/02/01 00:00
PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/02/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0895-4356(94)90020-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0895-4356(94)90020-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Epidemiol. 1994 Feb;47(2):157-63. doi: 10.1016/0895-4356(94)90020-5.