Cardiff cardiac ablation patient-reported outcome measure (C-CAP): validation of a new questionnaire set for patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias in the UK

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1571-1583

  White, Judith ^a   Withers, Kathleen L ^b   Lencioni, Mauro ^c   Carolan Rees, Grace ^b   Wilkes, Antony R ^b   Wood, Kathryn A ^d   Patrick, Hannah ^e   Cunningham, David ^f   Griffith, Michael ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac ablation; Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs); Quality of life (QoL); Questionnaires; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIFF CARDIAC ABLATION PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949563635     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1194-1     Document Type: Article

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