Psychometric properties of HeartQoL, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Danish implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

Graziella Zangger; Ann-Dorthe Zwisler; Selina Kikkenborg Berg; Marie S Kristensen; Charlotte N Grønset; Jamal Uddin; Susanne S Pedersen; Neil B Oldridge; Lau C Thygesen

doi:10.1177/2047487317733074

Psychometric properties of HeartQoL, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Danish implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

Graziella Zangger, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Marie S Kristensen, Charlotte N Grønset, Jamal Uddin, Susanne S Pedersen, Neil B Oldridge, Lau C Thygesen

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Background Patient-reported health-related quality of life is increasingly used as an outcome measure in clinical trials and as a performance measure to evaluate quality of care. The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Danish HeartQoL questionnaire, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. Design This study involved cross-sectional and test-retest study designs. Method Implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients in the cross-sectional study completed the HeartQoL, the Short-Form 36 Health Survey, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The HeartQoL structure, construct-related validity (convergent and discriminative) and reliability (internal consistency) were assessed. HeartQoL reproducibility (test-retest) was assessed in an independent sample of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. Results Mokken scale analysis supported the bi-dimensional structure of HeartQoL among 358 implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. Convergent ( r > 0.72) and discriminative validity were confirmed. The HeartQoL scales demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha > 0.90). Test-retest reliability (two weeks interval) was assessed in 89 implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients and found to be acceptable for each scale (intra-class correlation > 0.90). Conclusion The Danish HeartQoL questionnaire demonstrated satisfactory key psychometric attributes of validity and reliability in this implantable cardioverter defibrillator population. This study adds support for the HeartQoL as a core heart-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire in a broad group of patients with heart disease including implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients.

Original language	English
Journal	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Volume	25
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	142-149
ISSN	2047-4873
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487317733074
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arrhythmias, Cardiac/diagnosis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Defibrillators, Implantable
Denmark
Electric Countershock/adverse effects
Female
Health Status
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Psychometrics
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

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Zangger, G., Zwisler, A-D., Kikkenborg Berg, S., Kristensen, M. S., Grønset, C. N., Uddin, J., Pedersen, S. S., Oldridge, N. B., & Thygesen, L. C. (2018). Psychometric properties of HeartQoL, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Danish implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 25(2), 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487317733074

Psychometric properties of HeartQoL, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Danish implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. / Zangger, Graziella; Zwisler, Ann-Dorthe; Kikkenborg Berg, Selina et al.

In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Vol. 25, No. 2, 01.01.2018, p. 142-149.

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Zangger, G, Zwisler, A-D, Kikkenborg Berg, S, Kristensen, MS, Grønset, CN, Uddin, J, Pedersen, SS, Oldridge, NB & Thygesen, LC 2018, 'Psychometric properties of HeartQoL, a core heart disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire, in Danish implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487317733074

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