The HeartQoL: Part I. Development of a new core health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with ischemic heart disease

Authors

Neil B. Oldridge, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow
Stefan Höfer
Hannah McGee
Ronan Conroy
Frank Doyle
Hugo Saner

Recommended Citation

Oldridge N, Höfer S, McGee H, Conroy R, Doyle F, Saner H; (for the HeartQoL Project Investigators). The HeartQoL: Part I. Development of a new core health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with ischemic heart disease. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Jan;21(1):90-7.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is important in improving the quality of patient care.

METHODS: The HeartQoL Project, with cross-sectional and longitudinal phases, was designed to develop a core ischemic heart disease (IHD) specific HRQL questionnaire, to be called the HeartQoL, for patients with angina, myocardial infarction (MI), or ischemic heart failure. Patients completed a battery of questionnaires and Mokken scaling analysis was used to identify items in the HeartQoL questionnaire.

RESULTS: We enrolled 6384 patients (angina, n = 2111, 33.1%; MI, n = 2351, 36.8%; heart failure, n = 1922, 30.1%) across 22 countries and 15 languages. The HeartQoL questionnaire comprises 14-items with 10-item physical and 4-item emotional subscales which are scored from 0 (poor HRQL) to 3 (better HRQL) with a global score if needed. The mean baseline HeartQoL global score was 2.2 (±0.5) in the total group and was different (p

CONCLUSION: The HeartQoL questionnaire, with global and subscale scores, has the potential to allow clinicians and researchers to (a) assess baseline HRQL, (b) make between-diagnosis comparisons of HRQL, and (c) evaluate change in HRQL in patients with angina, MI, or heart failure with a single IHD-specific HRQL instrument.

Document Type

Article

PubMed ID

22822179