TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality-of-life measurement in chronic heart failure
T2 - Do we take account of the patient perspective?
AU - Dunderdale, Karen
AU - Thompson , David, R.
AU - Miles, Jeremy N.V.
AU - Beer, Stephen F.
AU - Furze, Gill
PY - 2005/6/1
Y1 - 2005/6/1
N2 - The modern management of chronic heart failure has led to improved life expectancy, functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQL). HRQL measures the effects of an illness or a treatment from the patient's perspective. It is now recognised that the patient's perspective is as legitimate and valid as the clinician's in monitoring health care outcomes. Although there are a number of quality-of-life measures, which can be separated into two types-generic and disease specific-many have been developed, with little or no account being taken of the patient's perspective. Because most of the widely used measures are not patient centred, they may lack sensitivity and specificity in determining those aspects of HRQL important to individual patients. This paper reviews the use of quality-of-life assessment tools in the evaluation of patients with heart failure.
AB - The modern management of chronic heart failure has led to improved life expectancy, functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQL). HRQL measures the effects of an illness or a treatment from the patient's perspective. It is now recognised that the patient's perspective is as legitimate and valid as the clinician's in monitoring health care outcomes. Although there are a number of quality-of-life measures, which can be separated into two types-generic and disease specific-many have been developed, with little or no account being taken of the patient's perspective. Because most of the widely used measures are not patient centred, they may lack sensitivity and specificity in determining those aspects of HRQL important to individual patients. This paper reviews the use of quality-of-life assessment tools in the evaluation of patients with heart failure.
KW - Chronic heart failure
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Patient centred
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.06.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15921797
AN - SCOPUS:19544373099
VL - 7
SP - 572
EP - 582
JO - European journal of heart failure : journal of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European So
JF - European journal of heart failure : journal of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European So
SN - 1388-9842
IS - 4
ER -