Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients by Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz Marek Klocek Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk & Christopher J. Bulpitt

Author:Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Marek Klocek, Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk & Christopher J. Bulpitt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Milan, Milano

5.2 Measuring HRQoL in Subjects with CHF

Measuring QoL (including measurements in CHF patients) is usually realized by the use of two types of questionnaire: generic and specific. Their application is meant to illustrate and describe the consequences of illness from the patient’s perspective. The generic instruments most often used in heart-failure patients are the Psychological General Wellbeing (PGWB) Index, the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) and the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) (see Appendix). Several specific questionnaires can also be applied to CHF patients. These can be used to measure HRQoL or measure selected dimensions of QoL (Table 5.1).Table 5.1Questionnaires used to measure health-related quality of life in subjects with chronic heart failure (see Appendix)

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