Heart Failure
Conditions
Brief summary
* To translate the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) questionnaire into Urdu language of Pakistan. * To determine the validity and reliability of cross cultural adapted and Urdu translated MLHFQ questionnaire version among HF patients.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with chronic heart failure who sought treatment at the outpatient cardiology clinic. * Who could read and write in Urdu and English language and are willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Decline consent * Communication barriers or cognitive disorder as well as those with exacerbated condition and those who were not available for re-test were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire) | 6 months | Quality of life will be measured through Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). It is one of the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaires for individuals with HF. It provides scores for two dimensions, physical and emotional, and a total score. The MLHFQ is a self-administered, 21-item disease-specific instrument for individuals with HF. Each item is scored in a 6-point Likert Scale (0 to 5), thus the total score could range from 0 to 105, with higher scores indicating more significant impairment in health-related quality of life. The MLHFQ has two domains; physical domain (eight items, score range from 0 to 40) and emotional domain (five items, score range from 0 to 25). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability of translated versions of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire | 6 months | To determine reliability of MLHFQ in (URDU) language. Reliability refers to ability of a measure to produce same results administered at two or more intervals. Thus this will be test through test retest reliability |
| Validity of translated versions of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire | 6 months | To determine the validity of translation of MLHFQ. in (URDU) language. Validity is defined as how accurate the results are. Thus this will be measured through various parameters |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMuhammad Iqbal Tariq, PhD*
Riphah International University
STUDY_CHAIRArshad Nawaz Malik, PhD
Riphah International University
STUDY_CHAIRShane Patman, PhD
University of Notre Dame Australia
Outcome results
None listed