Abstract
Introduction: Due to the necessity of assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in heart failure (HF) and the increased use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) for making a content comparison of measurement instruments, the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the instruments and ICF. To this aim, the disease-specific HRQOL instruments in HF were identified, and then psychometric properties and content comparison of included instruments were conducted by linking to ICF. Methods: Disease-specific HRQOL instruments in HF were identified through a comprehensive and systematic search strategy. Then, the psychometric properties of included instruments were determined, and their contents were analyzed and compared based on the ICF coding system. In addition, each instrument was independently linked to ICF by two researchers based on standardized linking rules, and finally their degree of agreement was assessed by the Cohen’s kappa coefficient. Results: Ten instruments including a total of 247 items and 417 concepts were linked to 124 different ICF categories. Further, 39 (31.5%), 65 (52.5%), 13 (10.4%), and 7 (5.6%) categories were linked to body function, activity and participation, environmental factors, and body structure, respectively. According to the content analysis approach and psychometric properties, the appropriate measurement instruments were Kansas City Cardiomyopathy and Minnesota living with HF questionnaires, respectively. Conclusion: Content comparison provides researchers with valuable information on the instrument heterogeneity and overlapping, which results in selecting the most appropriate measurement instrument based on a specific clinical context.
Highlights
Due to the necessity of assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in heart failure (HF) and the increased use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) for making a content comparison of measurement instruments, the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the instruments and ICF
Failure Assessment Tool (CHAT),[16] Cardiac Health Profile congestive heart failure (CHP-CHF),[17] Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHFQ)[18], Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ),[19] Left Ventricular Disease Questionnaire (LVDQ),[20] Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ),[21] Quality of Life in Severe Heart Failure Questionnaire (QLQ-SHF ),[22] Mac new,[23] San Diego,[24] and Heart QOL25 were identified
The responsiveness was only reported for MLHF, KCCQ, CHFQ, LVDQ, MacNew, and Heart QOL
Summary
Due to the necessity of assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in heart failure (HF) and the increased use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) for making a content comparison of measurement instruments, the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the instruments and ICF. To this aim, the disease-specific HRQOL instruments in HF were identified, and psychometric properties and content comparison of included instruments were conducted by linking to ICF.
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