Mohsen Asadi?Lari|H. Javadi|M Melville|Neil Oldridge|D. Gray
Adaptation of the MacNew quality of life questionnaire after myocardial infarction in an Iranian population.
Queen's Medical Centre|University of Nottingham|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Queen's Medical Centre|University of Nottingham|Center for Urban Population Health|University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee|Queen's Medical Centre|University of Nottingham
healthrelated quality life hrql assessment important measure impact wide range disease process individual date hrql tool evaluated iranian population cardiovascular disorders specifically myocardial infarction major cause mortality morbidity macnew heart disease healthrelated quality life instrument diseasespecific hrql questionnaire satisfactory validity reliability applied crossculturallya persian version macnew prepared forward backward translation bilinguals feasibility test performed consecutive patients n 51 admitted coronary care unit acute myocardial infarction recruited measurement hrql retest one month discharge followup clinic principal components analysis intraclass correlation reliability internal consistency testretest reliability assessedtrivial rates missing data confirmed acceptability tool principal component analysis revealed three domains emotional social physical performed well original studies internal consistency high comparable studies ranging 092 emotional physical domains 094 social domain 095 global score domain means 5 53 49 emotional physical social respectively indicate iranian population similar emotional physical worse social hrql scores testretest analysis showed significant correlation emotional physical domains p 005the persian version macnew questionnaire comparable english version high internal consistency reasonable reproducibility making appropriate specific quality life tool populationbased studies clinical practice iran patients survived acute myocardial infraction studies needed confirm validity larger populations cardiovascular disease