Oldridge, Neil; Höfer, Stefan; McGee, Hannah; Conroy, Ronan; Doyle, Frank; Saner, Hugo (2014). The HeartQoL: Part I. Development of a new core health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with ischemic heart disease. European journal of preventive cardiology, 21(1), pp. 90-97. SAGE Publications 10.1177/2047487312450544
![[img]](https://boris.unibe.ch/style/images/fileicons/text.png) |
Text
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology-2014-Oldridge-90-7.pdf - Published Version Restricted to registered users only Available under License Publisher holds Copyright. Download (175kB) |
Background: Evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is important in improving the quality of patient care.
Methods: The HeartQoL Project, with cross-sectional and longitudinal phases, was designed to develop a core ischemic heart disease (IHD) specific HRQL questionnaire, to be called the HeartQoL, for patients with angina, myocardial infarction (MI), or ischemic heart failure. Patients completed a battery of questionnaires and Mokken scaling analysis was used to identify items in the HeartQoL questionnaire.
Results: We enrolled 6384 patients (angina, n = 2111, 33.1%; MI, n = 2351, 36.8%; heart failure, n = 1922, 30.1%) across 22 countries and 15 languages. The HeartQoL questionnaire comprises 14-items with 10-item physical and 4-item emotional subscales which are scored from 0 (poor HRQL) to 3 (better HRQL) with a global score if needed. The mean baseline HeartQoL global score was 2.2 (±0.5) in the total group and was different (p < 0.001) by diagnosis (MI, 2.4 ± 0.5; angina, 2.2 ± 0.6; and heart failure, 2.1 ± 0.6).
Conclusion: The HeartQoL questionnaire, with global and subscale scores, has the potential to allow clinicians and researchers to (a) assess baseline HRQL, (b) make between-diagnosis comparisons of HRQL, and (c) evaluate change in HRQL in patients with angina, MI, or heart failure with a single IHD-specific HRQL instrument.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
|---|---|
Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Saner, Hugo Ernst |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2047-4873 |
Publisher: |
SAGE Publications |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Prisca Eser |
Date Deposited: |
01 Sep 2014 17:04 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:24 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/2047487312450544 |
PubMed ID: |
22822179 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Ischemic heart disease, angina, health-related quality of life, heart failure, myocardial infarction |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.42402 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/42402 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit item |