Short and precise patient self-assessment of heart failure symptoms using a computerized adaptive test

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-339

  Rose, Matthias ^a,b,c   Anatchkova, Milena ^a   Fletcher, Jason ^d   Blank, Arthur E ^d   Bjørner, Jakob ^a   Löwe, Bernd ^a,c   Rector, Thomas S ^f   Ware, John E ^a,e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e 3i QualityMetric ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g John Ware Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer adaptive tests; Heart failure; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SHORTNESS OF BREATH SCALE; SIMULATION; VALIDITY; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864296518     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.964916     Document Type: Article

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