What question did this study set out to answer?

To identify and evaluate the most appropriate generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments for use in individuals with ischaemic heart disease.

June 1, 2000HeartOpen Access

Measuring the health related quality of life of people with ischaemic heart disease

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Why the study?

What are the most appropriate generic and disease-specific measures of health-related quality of life for use among people with ischaemic heart disease?

Population

People with ischaemic heart disease

Design

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Authors

MDMartin DempsterQueen's University Belfast

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Implication

Supports standardized HRQoL assessment in IHD; extends evidence synthesis for optimal instrument selection in trials and practice.

Key Points

To identify and evaluate the most appropriate generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments for use in individuals with ischaemic heart disease.
Searched MEDLINE and BIDS databases for studies assessing three common generic and five disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaires in patients with ischaemic heart disease.
Critically appraised the validity, reliability, and sensitivity to clinical change for each identified measurement tool.
Among generic tools, the SF-36 demonstrated superior reliability, validity, and sensitivity overall, though certain subscales lacked adequate sensitivity to detect clinical changes.
Among disease-specific tools, the Quality of Life after Myocardial Infarction questionnaire was identified as the best option compared with four alternative instruments.
Published evaluations of disease-specific instruments were notably sparse relative to the volume of research available for generic instruments.

Structured PICO

What are the most appropriate generic and disease-specific measures of health-related quality of life for use among people with ischaemic heart disease?

Population

People with ischaemic heart disease

Intervention

Generic and disease-specific measures of health-related quality of life (e.g., SF-36, Nottingham health profile, sickness impact profile, quality of life after myocardial infarction questionnaire)

Outcome

Validity, reliability, and sensitivity of health-related quality of life instrumentspatient reported

For assessing quality of life in ischemic heart disease, a combination of the generic SF-36 and the disease-specific quality of life after myocardial infarction questionnaire (version 2) is recommended.

Limitations

A few of the SF-36 subscales lack sufficient sensitivity to detect change in clinical condition
Research on disease-specific measures is sparse compared to generic measures

Cite This Study

Martin Dempster (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81e47fadfa6baaaee1f950 https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.83.6.641

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Measuring the health related quality of life of people with ischaemic heart disease

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Structured PICO

Limitations

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Measuring the health related quality of life of people with ischaemic heart disease

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Key Points

Structured PICO

Limitations

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