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This review discusses the definition of quality of life, describes health-related quality of life questionnaires used in cardiac rehabilitation, and explores criteria for choosing appropriate tools.
This review provides guidance on selecting appropriate health-related quality of life questionnaires for patients in cardiac rehabilitation and discusses the impact of response shift.
May guide HRQoL tool selection in cardiac rehabilitation accounting for response shift; leaves open optimal instrument choice without prospective validation.
Quality of life is an important outcome for people undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. This paper discusses the difficulties with defining the concept of quality of life and how it might be distinct from the concept of health-related quality of life. Based on a review of the literature, a description is provided of health-related quality of life questionnaires that have been used in cardiac rehabilitation populations. Some criteria for choosing between these questionnaires are then discussed and, finally, a brief discussion is presented of the concept of response shift and how this might influence the assessment of health-related quality of life in a cardiac rehabilitation setting.
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Martin Dempster (2011) conducted a review in Cardiac rehabilitation. Health-related quality of life questionnaires was evaluated. This review discusses the definition of quality of life, describes health-related quality of life questionnaires used in cardiac rehabilitation, and explores criteria for choosing appropriate tools.
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