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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-0807</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-0807</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Industrial de Santander]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0121-08072019000100011</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18273/revsal.v51n1-2019002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire in a Colombian population]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Propiedades psicométricas del "Minnesota Living with Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire" en una Población Colombiana]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lyda Z.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juliana A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Trujillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zayne M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jurado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Echeverría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muka]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Taulant]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Floridablanca Santander]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Erasmus University Medical Center  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rotterdam ]]></addr-line>
<country>Netherlands</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Bern  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bern ]]></addr-line>
<country>Switzerland</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>11</fpage>
<lpage>22</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Although the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF-Q) is one of the most widely used tools to assess Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it has not been validated in Latin American Spanish-speaking populations.  Objective: We evaluated internal consistency and construct validity of the MLHF-Q in patients with CHF from Colombia.  Methods: The Spanish version of the MLHF-Q was given to 200 patients. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate internal consistency. Confirmatory factorial Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Rasch analysis were used to evaluate construct validity. The discriminative capacity was measured using the Mann-Whitney U test.  Results: Median age was 64 years, 63% of the patients included in the study were men, and 79.5% had a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) &#8804; 45%. The median of the total score of HRQoL was 40 points (Q1=20; Q3=55), physical dimension 11 points (Q1=4; Q3=23) and emotional dimension 7 points (Q1=3; Q3=13). Global internal consistency of MLHF-Q was 0.91 (95% CI 0. 89 - 0.93). In the PCA, the three dimensions explained 47.7% and 54.0% in Rasch analysis, in which five items presented misfit. Worse HRQoL was observed among women than men in the emotional dimension (p=0.047). Discriminative capacity for the overall score of the MLHF-Q and their subscales was observed in age and New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class (p&lt;0.05).  Conclusions: Our findings confirmed the three-factor structure of the MLHF-Q, and satisfactory level for internal consistency. Additionally, these results suggest that the questionnaire adequately reflects the severity of the disease. However, further studies are required to validate these findings in Colombian population and to evaluate the sensitivity to change of the MLHF-Q in longitudinal designs.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: El Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF-Q) es uno de los instrumentos más utilizados para medir la Calidad de Vida Relacionada con la Salud (CVRS) en pacientes con Falla cardíaca Crónica (FCC); sin embargo, éste no ha sido validado en poblaciones latinoamericanas hispanohablantes.  Objetivo: Evaluar la consistencia interna y validez de constructo del MLHF-Q en pacientes con FCC de Colombia.  Métodos: La versión en español del MLHF-Q fue diligenciada por 200 pacientes. La consistencia interna se evaluó con el Alpha de Cronbach. La validez de constructo fue examinada por dos métodos: Análisis de Componentes Principales (ACP) confirmatorio y análisis Rasch. Se evaluó la capacidad discriminativa del instrumento con la prueba U-Mann-Whitney.  Resultados: Mediana de edad de 64 años, 63% hombres y el 79.5% de los participantes tenían fracción de eyección del ventrículo izquierdo (FEVI) &#8804; 45%. La mediana del puntaje total de CVRS fue 40 puntos (Q1=20; Q3=55), dimensión física 11 puntos (Q1=4; Q3=23) y dimensión emocional 7 puntos (Q1=3; Q3=13). La consistencia interna fue 0.91 (IC 95% 0.89 - 0.93). En el ACP, las tres dimensiones explicaron el 54.0% y 47.7% en el análisis Rasch, en éste último cinco ítems presentaron desajuste. Se observó peor CVRS en mujeres que en hombres en la dimensión emocional (p=0.047) y se evidenció capacidad discriminativa de las subescalas y el puntaje total del MLHF-Q en la edad y la clase funcional New York Heart Association (NYHA) (p&lt;0.05).  Conclusión: Nuestros hallazgos confirmaron la estructura de tres factores del MLHF-Q y un nivel satisfactorio para la consistencia interna. Adicionalmente, estos resultados sugieren que el cuestionario refleja adecuadamente la gravedad de la enfermedad. Sin embargo, se requieren estudios adicionales en población colombiana para validar estos hallazgos y evaluar la sensibilidad al cambio del MLHF-Q en diseños longitudinales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Heart failure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[quality of life]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[validation studies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Insuficiencia cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calidad de vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudios de validación]]></kwd>
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