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The Left Ventricular Dysfunction Questionnaire: Italian translation and validation.
Daniela Miani1, Dario Gregori, Marco Ghidina
1Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Ospedale S. Maria Della Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
Summary
The Italian LVD-36 questionnaire is a reliable tool for assessing health-related quality of life in heart failure patients. It correlates well with the MLHF and offers concise insights into patient status and treatment effectiveness.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Health Outcomes Research
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Heart failure significantly compromises patients' quality of life (QOL).
- Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a crucial outcome indicator for evaluating heart failure treatments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To translate and validate the Left Ventricular Dysfunction Questionnaire (LVD-36) into Italian.
- To assess the reliability and utility of the Italian LVD-36 for measuring HRQOL in heart failure patients.
Main Methods:
- The LVD-36 was translated into Italian and administered to 50 heart failure patients.
- The Italian LVD-36 was compared with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF).
Main Results:
- The Italian LVD-36 demonstrated good correlation with the MLHF across various clinical parameters.
- The LVD-36 provides synthetic information about patient status, potentially more concise than MLHF.
Conclusions:
- The Italian LVD-36 is a reliable, short, and easy-to-complete instrument for assessing QOL in heart failure.
- The LVD-36 can be used to estimate health status changes and support therapeutic decisions in heart failure management.