The development of a patient reported outcome measure for fatigue and breathlessness for patients with chronic heart failure (OxFAB)

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Background: Fatigue and breathlessness are the two most common and distressing symptoms for patients with chronic heart failure. They affect a patient's quality of life and ability to undertake activities of daily living. Currently there are no symptom specific measures for fatigue and breathlessness available or developed and validated for use with this patient group and no questionnaire that incorporates both symptoms into one measure.

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Authors: Walthall, H; Strickland, LH; Jenkinson, C

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: Heart and Lung
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 116-124
• Place of publication: United States
• Publication date: 2022-12-06
• Acceptance date: 2022-11-29
• DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.018
• EISSN: 1527-3288
• ISSN: 0147-9563
• Pmid: 36493523
• Language: English
• Keywords: psychometrics; reproducibility of results; dyspnea; activities of daily living; patient reported outcome measures; surveys and questionnaires; chronic disease; quality of life; heart failure; fatigue