Journal article
Measuring quality of life in cardiac spouses
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop an objective instrument to measure changes in quality of life of spouses of post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients, and to determine its responsiveness and validity. A 70-item list of potential areas of concern was compiled; the 25 most frequent and important concerns comprised the framework of the final questionnaire. The questions on the Quality of Life Questionnaire for Cardiac Spouses (QL-SP) were …
Authors
Ebbesen LS; Guyatt GH; McCartney N; Oldridge NB
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 481–487
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 1990
DOI
10.1016/0895-4356(90)90137-e
ISSN
0895-4356