[Utility of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire for assessing quality of life in heart failure patients]. / Utilidad del Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire en la evaluación de la calidad de vida en enfermos con insuficiencia cardiaca.
Rev Esp Cardiol
; 60(10): 1093-6, 2007 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLWHFQ) was used to evaluate the quality of life of patients with heart failure, both before and 6 months after an educational intervention. The study included 99 patients (70 male) with a mean age of 78 years. Significant correlations were found between the MLWHFQ score and the SF-36 score (r=0.41, P=.01), the Barthel Index score (r=-0.23, P=.02), New York Heart Association functional class (r=0.37, P=.01), and the number of readmissions within 6 months (r=0.47, P< .002). Following the intervention, the MLWHFQ score decreased by 34 points (P=.0001). The MLWHFQ score appears to be a useful measure:
there were good correlations with functional class and the SF-36 score, and the measure was sensitive to changes in health since there was also a correlation with the patients' prognosis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Esp Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article