However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire form pdf.
The united states food and drug administration fda has approved the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire as medical device development tool mddt for use in controlled clinical trials designed to test.
11 the latter is the most widely used in studies of the qol of patients with chf in hospital settings 1 2 and has been shown to have good.
Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
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The most frequently used questionnaires are the chronic heart failure questionnaire the kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire and the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq.
Specifically for use in heart failure ie the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq 9 the quality of life questionnaire for severe heart failure 10 the chronic heart failure questionnaire 11 the kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire 12 and the left ventricular dysfunction questionnaire 13 the most.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq 21 items in 3 domains and is validated for those with heart failure rector ts kubo sh cohn jn 1987 asadi lari m rao a gray d 2005 kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire kccq has 23 items green cp porter cb bresnahan dr et al 2000.
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Half of the 21 item minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq response categories are labeled 0 no 1 very little 5 very much and half are not 2 3 and 4.
The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is one of the most widely used health related quality of life questionnaires for patients with heart failure hf.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire heart failure health related quality of life factor analysis rasch analysis psychometric properties background heart failure hf is one of the most important health problems in terms of prevalence morbidity mortality and health service use 1.
A short version kccq 12 with 12 items is.
The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is a reliable and valid patient oriented measure of the adverse effects of heart failure on a patient s life.
It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score.