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.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq.
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.
The mlhfq has been adapted and used by various countries worldwide.
Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
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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.
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.
It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score.
However to be utilized in indonesia it needs validity and reliability studies.
However unique culture specific variations in factorial structure have been identified.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is the most commonly used questionnaire and it has a good empro evaluating the measurement of patient reported outcomes score.
Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure.
Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
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The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq is the leading method for assessing quality of life in patients with heart failure hf around the world.
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.
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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.
Comparative responsiveness of short form 12 and minnesota living.
Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure.