Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire

Lambrinou, Ekaterini; Kalogirou, Fotini; Lamnisos, Demetris; Middleton, Nicos; Sourtzi, Panayota; Lemonidou, Chryssoula; Barberis, Vassilis I.; Avraamides, Panagiotis; Christodoulou, Anastasios; Ioannides, Marios; Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth

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“…Regarding construct validity, we found that the three factors explain 47.7% and 54.03% of the overall score in the Rasch analysis and PCA, respectively, with similar results previously reported by another study 27 , while in other studies the variance explained by these three factors has been higher (64.1 to 72%) 9,10,19,28 . Also, we found the following similarities with other authors; Heo, et al 27 evidenced that items (1 and 9) were loaded on physical dimension and items (14 and 16) presented loading <0.4.…”

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“…The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF-Q) is a disease-specific instrument, consisting of 21 items addressing a wide range of HRQoL and it is the most frequently used internationally. Since 1987, the MLHF-Q has been translated into more than 30 languages, including Spanish [8][9][10][11][12][13] and it is used as an outcome measure in multiple clinical trials showing the best psychometric properties as to validity, reliability and sensitivity to change [14][15][16][17] .…”

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Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire in a Colombian population

Rojas

Hernández

Trujillo

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Introduction: Although the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF-Q) is one of the most widely used tools to assess Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it has not been validated in Latin American Spanish-speaking populations. Objective: We evaluated internal consistency and construct validity of the MLHF-Q in patients with CHF from Colombia. Methods: The Spanish version of the MLHF-Q was given to 200 patients. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate internal consistency. Confirmatory factorial Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Rasch analysis were used to evaluate construct validity. The discriminative capacity was measured using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Median age was 64 years, 63% of the patients included in the study were men, and 79.5% had a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 45%. The median of the total score of HRQoL was 40 points (Q1=20; Q3=55), physical dimension 11 points (Q1=4; Q3=23) and emotional dimension 7 points (Q1=3; Q3=13). Global internal consistency of MLHF-Q was 0.91 (95% CI 0.89-0.93). In the PCA, the three dimensions explained 47.7% and 54.0% in Rasch analysis, in which five items presented misfit. Worse HRQoL was observed among women than men in the emotional dimension (p=0.047). Discriminative capacity for the overall score of the MLHF-Q and their subscales was observed in age and New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class (p<0.05). Conclusions: Our findings confirmed the three-factor structure of the MLHF-Q, and satisfactory level for internal consistency. Additionally, these results suggest that the questionnaire adequately reflects the severity of the disease. However, further studies are required to validate these findings in Colombian population and to evaluate the sensitivity to change of the MLHF-Q in longitudinal designs.

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Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire in a Colombian population

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“…15,16 Discriminant validity of the Gr9-EHFScBS was assessed by calculating the Spearman rank correlation coefficient between the total score of the Gr9-EHFScB and the total score of MLHFQ, assuming that there should only be relatively low association between them, since the MLHFQ measures HF related QoL. 11,12 Though it can be argued that there is an indirect linkage between the variables of self-care and QoL, the associations are not expected to be strong as they are measuring different constructs.…”

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“…11 The Greek version of the MLHFQ has been shown to measure patients' total HR-QoL as well as three separate sub-dimensions (physical, emotional and social subscales). 12 …”

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The Greek version of the 9-item European heart failure self-care behaviour scale: A multidimensional or a uni-dimensional scale?

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“…Sickness benefit and welfare support are considered to be the indirect cost of healthcare expenditures [19]. Individuals with HF suffer a variety of emotional and physical symptoms that substantially impair their quality of life (QoL), mobility and daily living [20]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines QoL as "individuals' perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns" [21].…”

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Heart failure: A challenging syndrome for health care professionals

Lambrinou¹,

Protopapas²,

Kalogirou³

2018

Cardiovasc Disord Med

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Research and evidence-based practice in heart failure (HF) have well been developed the latest years helping health professionals to cope with multiple care needs of patients with HF. The current review presents an overview of the challenging issues of health professionals who care for patients with HF. The review was based on the relevant databases of PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Cochrane Library (reviews and clinical trials). Mortality and impaired quality of life in patients with HF still rises. This is mainly due to the ageing of population and the fact that prevalence of HF is higher in older people. Often HF in order people exists with co-morbidities which make HF diagnosis and management more difficult and complex.

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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire

Abstract: This study provides support for the reliability and validity of the Greek version of the MLHFQ.

Cited by 14 publications

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Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire in a Colombian population

Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire in a Colombian population

The Greek version of the 9-item European heart failure self-care behaviour scale: A multidimensional or a uni-dimensional scale?

Heart failure: A challenging syndrome for health care professionals

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