Psychometric properties of the German version of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire

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Background

There is a lack of German-language, disease-specific health related quality of life instruments applicable in cardiac rehabilitation. The purpose of this project was to investigate the psychometric properties of the German version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MacNew) in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation.

Methods

The MacNew was filled out by 5692 inpatients. We analysed acceptance (number of missing values), ceiling and floor effects, reliability (Cronbach’s α), factor structure (confirmatory factor analysis), construct validity (correlation with a generic health-related quality of life instrument), and sensitivity to change.

Results

Two items had more than 7% missing data. We observed neither floor nor ceiling effects. Cronbach’s α of the scales ranged from 0.78 (physical scale) to 0.95 (global scale). Confirmatory factor analysis failed to reproduce the proposed factor structure (CFI = 0.882; TLI = 0.871; RMSEA = 0.074). We therefore drafted our own model (CFI = 0.932; TLI = 0.921; RMSEA = 0.064), and observed a correlation pattern largely conforming to the hypotheses with a generic health-related quality of life instrument. The effect sizes we noted between the start and end of rehabilitation fell between 0.66 and 0.74; at the 6-month follow-up they ranged from 0.69 to 0.92.

Conclusions

The German version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire is a suitable instrument with which to measure the impairment experienced by individuals with heart disease during inpatient cardiologic rehabilitation. The social and the global scale must be interpreted cautiously.

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The MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life instrument: A summary

Stefan Hofer, Lynette Lim, Gordon Guyatt … (2004)

Background The measurement of health, the effects of disease, and the impact of health care include not only an indication of changes in disease frequency and severity but also an estimate of patients' perception of health status before and after treatment. One of the more important developments in health care in the past decade may be the recognition that the patient's perspective is as legitimate and valid as the clinician's in monitoring health care outcomes. This has lead to the development of instruments to quantify the patients' perception of their health status before and after treatment. Methods We review evidence supporting the measurement properties of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life [MacNew] Questionnaire which was designed to evaluate how daily activities and physical, emotional, and social functioning are affected by coronary heart disease and its treatment. Results Reliability was demonstrated by using internal consistency and the intraclass correlation coefficients for the three domains in the Dutch, English, Farsi, German, and Spanish versions of the MacNew. With internal consistency and intraclass correlation coefficients =>0.73, reliability is high. Validity of the MacNew was examined with factor analysis and three core underlying factors, physical, emotional, and social, were identified, explaining 63.0 – 66.5% of the observed variance and replicated in the translations with psychometric data. Construct validity of the MacNew was further demonstrated by extensive substantiation of the logical relationships, defined a priori, between items and other comparison tools. The MacNew is responsive and sensitive to changes in HRQL following various interventions for patients with heart disease with 11 of 13 effect size statistics >0.80. Taking an average of 10 minutes or less to complete, the respondent-burden for the MacNew is low and its acceptability is demonstrated by response rates of over 90%. Normative data are available for patients with myocardial infarction, angina, and heart failure in the English version. Conclusion The MacNew may be a valuable tool for assessing and evaluating health related quality of life in patients with heart disease.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Health Qual Life Outcomes

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Health Qual Life Outcomes

Title: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Publisher: BioMed Central

ISSN (Electronic): 1477-7525

Publication date Collection: 2012

Publication date (Electronic): 20 July 2012

Volume: 10

Page: 83

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[1 ]Department of Quality Management and Social Medicine (AQMS), University Medical Center Freiburg, Engelbergerstrasse 21, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

[2 ]Hochrhein-Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Bergseestrasse 61, 79713, Bad Saeckingen, Germany

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Publisher ID: 1477-7525-10-83

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-83

PMC ID: 3418185

PubMed ID: 22817770

SO-VID: 1efad2de-5dd0-4f4e-a94d-a05fa0834981

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