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Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHQ, CHFQ)
Summary
What it measures:
What It Measures and Conditions and Test Variations Included in This Summary:
- Health-related quality of life
- Dyspnea
- Fatigue
- Emotional function
Variations:
- 9 validated translations
- Use in hardcopy or electronic
- Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHFQ) mastery subscale - added 4 questions to assess mastery
- Modified-CHFQ - shortened versions of the CHFQ that assess specific subscales of the questionnaire
- This test measures both impairment and physical function.
- There are 16 items with scales of 1 to 7 assessing emotional and physical symptoms of heart failure.
- There are 3 subscales:
- Dyspnea: 5 items
- Fatigue: 4 items
- Emotional function: 7 items
This test measures disease-specific health-related quality of life and contains information on use of this test for patients with heart failure. The CHFQ has variations, but for this study specifically, the entire test/measure was used and no modified versions were considered.
ICF Domain(s):
- Body Structure and Function
- Activity
ICF Categories:
Body Structure and Function
- b4109 Heart functions, unspecified
- b4409 Respiration functions, unspecified
- b134 Sleep functions
Activity
- Walking - d4509 Walking, unspecified
- Climbing stairs - d4551 Climbing
- House/yard work - d650 Caring for household objects
- Leaving the home - d4601 Moving around within buildings other than home
Access Test:
No free public access, and PERMISSION NEEDS TO BE SECURED from McMaster University (milo@mcmaster.ca) Any requests for the outcome measure can be made here.
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Date: February 21, 2020
Contact: practice@apta.org
Content Type: Test & Measure
Eric Boehme, SPT; Cole Brown, SPT; Alfredo Mendoza, SPT; Tyler Mikami, SPT; Rachel Wismeth-Johnston, SPT; Andrew Mills, PT, DPT; Mindy Renfro, PT, DPT, PhD; Touro University Nevada
Sherry Colson, PT; William Stokes, PT, DPT
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