An evaluation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire using Rasch analysis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1753-1765

  Munyombwe, Theresa ^a   Höfer, Stefan ^b   Fitzsimons, Donna ^c   Thompson, David R ^d   Lane, Deidre ^e   Smith, Karen ^f   Astin, Felicity ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; Mokken analysis; Quality of life; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84905275752     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0617-0     Document Type: Article

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