Background HeartQoL is a recently developed core health-related quality of life instrument
for patients with coronary heart disease. The current study aims to investigate its association …

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the
HeartQoL instrument in a population of stable coronary patients. Design Analyses are based …

Background: Evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is important in improving the
quality of patient care. The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of …

Background Cardiovascular patients are likely to have an impaired health-related quality of
life (HRQoL) due to functional and psycho-social limitations. The main objective of this study …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) reflects an individual's own perception of
their symptom burden, functional limitations, prognosis, overall health and changes …

Background Evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is important in improving the
quality of patient care. Methods The HeartQoL Project, with cross-sectional and longitudinal …

Cardiovascular diseases, which include coronary heart disease, account for 48% of deaths
in Europe and many developed countries have specifically targeted significant reductions in …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to validate the English version of the HeartQoL health-
related quality of life questionnaire for use in patients with angina or myocardial infarction …

The Heart-Quality-of-Live (HeartQoLVC) measures the health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
of patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) who had mixed conditions of myocardial …

The psychometric properties of the core disease-specific 14-item Italian HeartQoL health-
related quality of life questionnaire have been evaluated in this study. The Italian version of …