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The left ventricular dysfunction questionnaire (LVD-36): reliability, validity, and responsiveness |
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| Authors: | O'Leary C J Jones P W |
| Affiliation: | Division of Physiological Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK. |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE—To examine the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a new health status measure (LVD-36) for patients with left ventricular dysfunction which was designed with emphasis on content validity, clarity, brevity, and ease of use. DESIGN—At baseline, patients completed the LVD-36 and a range of measures reflecting general health and disease severity. The LVD-36 was repeated after one week. After six months, it was repeated again, along with a transition question to measure global changes in health. SETTING—Patients were recruited from the cardiology and general medical clinics at a south west London hospital. PATIENTS—60 patients with chronic left ventricular dysfunction. INTERVENTIONS—None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES—Short form 36 questionnaire (SF-36), Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire (LIhFE), New York Heart Association criteria, and exercise performance and echocardiographic tests. RESULTS—The LVD-36 showed good internal consistency (κ = 0.95) and repeatability (ri = 0.95). Its scores were significantly associated with SF-36 mental and physical component scores (r = −0.48 and −0.75; p < 0.0001), with exercise capacity (r = −0.52; p < 0.0001), and with systolic shortening fraction (r = −0.27; p < 0.05). Change in the LVD-36 over six months was associated with change in overall health (F = 5.7; p < 0.001). In tests of validity and responsiveness, the LVD-36 performed similarly to or marginally better than the LIhFE. CONCLUSIONS—The LVD-36 showed a high level of reliability and validity, and appears to measure changes in health. It provides a short, simple, valid, and reliable measure of health status in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Keywords: health status; quality of life; heart failure; left ventricular dysfunction |
| Keywords: | health status quality of life heart failure left ventricular dysfunction |
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