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.
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The minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq has been developed to measure health related quality of life hrqol status of heart failure hf patients.
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 a reliable and valid patient oriented measure of the adverse effects of heart failure on a patient s life.
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 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.
However there are some concerns about its factor structure and the homogeneity of items 7 10 13 17.
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Patients self assessment of their congestive heart failure.
However there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed some including a third factor.
It provides scores for two dimensions physical and emotional and a total score.
Easy to administer short and easily understood.
Content reliability and validity of a new measure the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire.
Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire mlhfq 10 11 13 which has been translated and culturally adapted into at least 34 languages and has demonstrated good psychometric properties in numerous studies 2 5 7 11 14 20.