Development and evaluation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire: A new health status measure for heart failure
Development and evaluation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire: A new health status measure for heart failure
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DOI：
10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00531-3
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发表时间：
2000-04-01
影响因子：
24
通讯作者：
Spertus, JA
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作者：
Green, CP;Porter, CB;Spertus, JA
目的为充血性心力衰竭（CHF）患者建立一种有效、敏感、疾病特异性的健康状况测量方法。堪萨斯城心肌病问卷（KCCQ）是一种新的、自我管理的23项问卷，量化了身体限制、症状、自我效能、社会干扰和生活质量。
OBJECTIVE To create a valid, sensitive, disease-specific health status measure for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).BACKGROUND Quantifying health status is becoming increasingly important for CHF. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a new, self-administered, 23-item questionnaire that quantifies physical limitations, symptoms, self-efficacy, social interference and quality of life.METHODS To establish the performance characteristics of the KCCQ, two distinct patient cohorts were recruited: 70 stable and 59 decompensated CHF patients with ejection fractions of