The Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire: comparison of different factor structures
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The Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire: comparison of different factor structures
BACKGROUND The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is one of the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaires for patients with heart failure (HF). It provides scores for two dimensions, physical and emotional, and a total score. However, there are some concerns about its factor structure and alternatives have been proposed, some including a third factor ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-016-0425-7