Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the greek version of the minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-233

  Lambrinou, Ekaterini ^a   Kalogirou, Fotini ^a   Lamnisos, Demetris ^a   Middleton, Nicos ^a   Sourtzi, Panayota ^c   Lemonidou, Chrysoula ^c   Barberis, Vassilis I ^d   Avraamides, Panagiotis ^b   Christodoulou, Andreas ^e   Ioannides, Marios ^e   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b LIMASSOL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d American Heart Institute   (Cyprus)

^e NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

heart failure; psychometrics; quality of life; questionnaires; validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84880324868     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182930cbb     Document Type: Article

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