Instruments to assess quality of life in patients with heart failure
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development and validation of the first iranian questionnaire to assess quality of life in patients with heart failure: ihf-qol
background: in its constitution of 1948, who defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” . in 1994, the agency for health care policy and research published clinical practice guidelines recommending providers to routinely evaluate patients’ hrqol (health related quality of life) and use their assessment to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Fisioterapia em Movimento
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0103-5150
DOI: 10.1590/0103-5150.028.004.ar03