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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2023

Chronic heart failure health-related quality of life questionnaire (CHFQOLQ-20): development and psychometric properties.

Abdoljavad Khajavi, Mahdi Moshki, Shima Minaee, Farveh Vakilian, Ali Montazeri, Haydeh Hashemizadeh

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Article in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06299176 (Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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NCT06299176 phase1enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure: First In-human Treatments

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreRan2025 to 2026Enrolled6ConditionsHeart Failure NYHA Class III, Heart Failure NYHA Class IV, End-stage Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection FractionArmsWhole Heart Radiation Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Abdoljavad KhajaviDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Mahdi MoshkiDepartment of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. drmoshki@gmail.com.
Shima MinaeeDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Razavi Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.
Farveh VakilianDepartment of Cardiology, Preventive Atherosclerotic Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Ali MontazeriHealth Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Haydeh HashemizadehDepartment of Nursing, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran. haydeh_h_z@yahoo.com.
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IREmam Reza Hospital · IRIslamic Azad University Quchan · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome indicator for chronic diseases. This study aimed to develop a new instrument for assessment of HRQoL in chronic heart failure (CHF) and evaluate its psychometric properties.

methodsThis study included two steps of conceptualization and item generation, and assessment of the psychometric properties of an instrument for measuring HRQoL in patients with CHF. A sample of 495 patients with confirmed diagnosis of heart failure participated in the study. In addition to content validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, concurrent validity, convergent validity, known groups comparison were performed to assess construct validity. Internal consistency, and stability were estimated by the Cronbach's alpha, the MacDonal's Omega, and intraclass correlation coefficients.

resultsThe content validity of the developed chronic heart failure quality of life questionnaire was assessed by 10 experts. The exploratory factor analysis indicated a four-factor solution for the instrument containing 21 items that jointly accounted for 65.65% of variance observed. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the four factor solution with the following fit indexes (χ

conclusionThe results confirmed that CHFQOLQ-20 is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring quality of life (QoL) in patients with CHF. It is a short and easy-to-use instrument that is also capable of assessing the cognitive functioning, which has been overlooked in previous questionnaires.

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Heart FailureQuality of LifeChronic DiseaseFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesChronic heart failureHealth-related quality of lifeIranPatient-reported outcome measureReliabilityValidity

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