Triangulating patient and clinician perspectives on clinically important differences in health-related quality of life among patients with heart disease

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P1, 2007, Pages 2257-2274

  Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^a   Metz, Stacie M ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c,d   Tierney, William M ^c,d   Babu, Ajit N ^e,f   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^g,h,i  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Regenstrief Institute for Health Care   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure questionnaire; Clinically important difference; Heart disease; Quality of life; SF 36; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELPHI STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948949395     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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