European journal of heart failure
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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Jun 2005
ReviewQuality-of-life measurement in chronic heart failure: do we take account of the patient perspective?
The modern management of chronic heart failure has led to improved life expectancy, functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQL). HRQL measures the effects of an illness or a treatment from the patient's perspective. ⋯ Because most of the widely used measures are not patient centred, they may lack sensitivity and specificity in determining those aspects of HRQL important to individual patients. This paper reviews the use of quality-of-life assessment tools in the evaluation of patients with heart failure.