Internal Structure of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire
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Validation of the Portuguese version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.
BACKGROUND The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is an important measurement instrument for assessing the quality of life of heart failure patients. Despite being largely used within our context, the questionnaire had not yet been translated and validated into the Portuguese language. OBJECTIVE Of this study was to translate and validate the Portuguese version of the M...
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is the most commonly used instrument for evaluating quality of life in patients with heart failure. It comprises 21 items and two dimensions: the physical and the emotional. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the MLHFQ. METHODS The MLHFQ and the 36-i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2659