Responsiveness of three subjective report of outcome measures for chronic heart failure.
- Author:
Yanbo ZHU
;
Hideki ORIGASA
;
Xiaoxia LUO
;
Yangyang WANG
;
Jie DI
;
Lin LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2012;10(12):1375-81
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
To compare the responsiveness of a newly designed symptom scale, the Chinese Medical Symptom Rating Scale for Heart Failure (CMSRS-HF), with the Chinese version of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and the Medical Outcomes Study Short-form 36 (SF-36), and provide basis for the selection of subjective outcome measures for clinical evaluation of treatment of chronic heart failure by integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.