2001
DOI: 10.1080/165019701750300654
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire for German-Speaking Patients

Abstract: We performed a cross-cultural adaptation of the "Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire" (LHFQ) for use in German-speaking chronic heart failure patients. The instrument was translated and back translated, pre-tested and reviewed by a committee. The German version was tested in 114 patients with chronic heart failure. Reliability was assessed by a test-retest procedure and Cronbach's coefficient alpha of internal consistency (0.94). To assess concurrent validity, we compared the LHFQ sum scores with… Show more

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“…The answer for each question was chosen from a scale of 0 (none) to 5 (very much); the greater the score, the worse the quality of life [9]. Assessment was performed at day 0 and at the end of 3 months.…”
Section: Quality Of Life Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The answer for each question was chosen from a scale of 0 (none) to 5 (very much); the greater the score, the worse the quality of life [9]. Assessment was performed at day 0 and at the end of 3 months.…”
Section: Quality Of Life Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Quality of life was measured with a cross-cultural adaptation of the MLHF questionnaire [11] for German-speaking chronic heart failure patients [12]. The MLHF is a disease-specific, 21-item, self-administered tool measuring HRQOL in patients with heart failure.…”
Section: Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Araştırmaya katılan hastaların KKY tanısı aldıktan araştırma-nın yapıldığı güne kadar geçen ortalama süre 4.09±3.38 yıldır (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Hastaların %32.7'sinin sol ventrikül ejeksiyon fraksiyonu (LVEF) <30, %62.9'unun NYHA kalp yetersizliği fonksiyonel sınıf-laması III ve yatarken kullandıkları ortalama yastık sayısı 2.00± 0.77 (1-4) dir.…”
Section: Yöntemlerunclassified
“…Bu yakınmaların ölçümü günlük yaşamda hastanın fonksiyon bozukluğunu yansıtmayabilir. Daha iyi bir sağlık bakımı verilmesi için bu hastalarda kalp yetersizliğinin etkisinin de ayrıca değerlendirilmesi gereklidir (12). Yapılan çalışmalarda KKY'nin hastaların yaşam kalitesini belirgin şekilde azalttığı saptanmıştır (1,(13)(14)(15)(16).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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