It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score.
Minnesota living with heart failure.
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.
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Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure.
The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
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Health related quality of life hrqol is an important outcome in patients with heart failure.
However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor.
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.
It provides scores.
The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire lhfq is a commonly used measure of health related quality of life in persons with heart failure researchers have questioned whether lhfq is sensitive to subtle differences and sufficiently responsive to clinical interventions because the instrument has demonstrated variable performance in clinical trials.
11 10 04 minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire the following questions ask how much your heart failure heart condition affected your life during the past month 4 weeks.
The united states food drug administration fda has approved the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq as a medical device development tool mddt for use in controlled clinical trials designed to test superiority or non inferiority of medical devices in support of regulatory submissions.
One of the most commonly used instruments to measure hrqol in this population is the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire lhfq.
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.
To evaluate the applicability internal consistency and validity of the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq when used in primary care compared with the short form 36 sf 36 health survey.
Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
Quirós health and quality of life outcomes.
