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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Review Open Access The MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life instrument: A summary Stefan Höfer1, Lynette Lim2, Gordon Guyatt3 and Neil Oldridge*4 Address: 1Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Innsbruck, Austria, and Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 3Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and 4Center for Urban Population Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Email: Stefan Höfer - ; Lynette Lim - ; Gordon Guyatt - guyatt@; Neil. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Review The MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life instrument A summary Stefan Hofer1 Lynette Lim2 Gordon Guyatt3 and Neil Oldridge 4 Open Access Address Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy University of Innsbruck Austria and Department of Psychology Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin Ireland 2National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Australian National University Canberra ACT Australia 3Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada and 4Center for Urban Population Health University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Email Stefan Hofer - Lynette Lim - Gordon Guyatt- guyatt@ Neil Oldridge - neilb@ Corresponding author Published 08 January 2004 Received 29 July 2003 Accepted 08 January 2004 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004 2 3 This article is available from http content 2 1 3 2004 Hofer et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background The measurement of health the effects of disease and the impact of health care include not only an indication of changes in disease frequency and severity but also an estimate of patients perception of health status before and after treatment. One of the more important developments in health care in the past decade may be the recognition that the patient s perspective is as legitimate and valid as the clinician s in monitoring health care outcomes. This has lead to the development of instruments to quantify the patients perception of their health status before and after treatment. Methods We review evidence supporting the measurement properties of the MacNew Heart Disease .
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