The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire: Italian translation and validation

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 620-626

  Miani, Daniela ^a   Rozbowsky, Patrizia ^b   Gregori, Dario ^b   Pilotto, Laura ^c   Albanese, Maria Cecilia ^a   Fresco, Claudio ^a   Fioretti, Paolo Maria ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCAB Foundation   (Italy)

^c Health Promotion/Health Education   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 2142777895     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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