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Objective

The objective of this study was to ascertain the reliability and predictive power of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and Short Form 36 Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) in coronary artery disease patients.

Methods

Between May and September 2006, patients with coronary artery disease hospitalized in Tehran Heart Center were divided randomly into two groups of 268 patients (for assessment of QOL with the SF-36 questionnaire) and 275 patients (for assessment of QOL with the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire). Cronbach's α coefficient was used to test reliability of the two questionnaires and a value of 0.7 or higher was considered satisfactory.

Results

For the SF-36 and the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires, Cronbach's α was 0.825 and 0.701, respectively, both of which exceeded 0.7. In SF-36 questionnaire, with the deletion of four items in the scales of …