Development and evaluation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire: a new health status measure for heart failure

Development and evaluation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire: a new health status measure for heart failure

OBJECTIVES To create a valid, sensitive, disease-specific health status measure for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND Quantifying health status is becoming increasingly important for CHF. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a new, self-administered, 23-item...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000-04, Vol.35 (5), p.1245-1255
Hauptverfasser: Green, C.Patrick, Porter, Charles B., Bresnahan, Dennis R., Spertus, John A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Disease Progression
Female
Geriatric Assessment
Health Status
Heart
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Heart Failure - psychology
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
Self Efficacy
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Single-Blind Method
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVES To create a valid, sensitive, disease-specific health status measure for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND Quantifying health status is becoming increasingly important for CHF. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a new, self-administered, 23-item questionnaire that quantifies physical limitations, symptoms, self-efficacy, social interference and quality of life. METHODS To establish the performance characteristics of the KCCQ, two distinct patient cohorts were recruited: 70 stable and 59 decompensated CHF patients with ejection fractions of
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00531-3