Urdu Translation and Validation of MLHFQ

* To translate the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) questionnaire into Urdu language of Pakistan. * To determine the validity and reliability of cross cultural adapted and Urdu translated MLHFQ questionnaire version among HF patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Failure Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Railway General Hospital

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, 46000, Pakistan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients with chronic heart failure who sought treatment at the outpatient cardiology clinic.
Who could read and write in Urdu and English language and are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Decline consent
Communication barriers or cognitive disorder as well as those with exacerbated condition and those who were not available for re-test were excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire)

Time frame: 6 months

Quality of life will be measured through Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). It is one of the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaires for individuals with HF. It provides scores for two dimensions, physical and emotional, and a total score. The MLHFQ is a self-administered, 21-item disease-specific instrument for individuals with HF. Each item is scored in a 6-point Likert Scale (0 to 5), thus the total score could range from 0 to 105, with higher scores indicating more significant impairment in health-related quality of life. The MLHFQ has two domains; physical domain (eight items, score range from 0 to 40) and emotional domain (five items, score range from 0 to 25).

Secondary outcomes

Reliability of translated versions of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

Time frame: 6 months

To determine reliability of MLHFQ in (URDU) language. Reliability refers to ability of a measure to produce same results administered at two or more intervals. Thus this will be test through test retest reliability
Validity of translated versions of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

Time frame: 6 months

To determine the validity of translation of MLHFQ. in (URDU) language. Validity is defined as how accurate the results are. Thus this will be measured through various parameters

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

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Registry information

Official study title

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Urdu Version of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) Among Individuals With Heart Failure

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2025
Study completion: 2025
First posted: Oct 10, 2023
Registry last updated: Mar 19, 2026

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