Health status of heart transplant recipients versus patients awaiting heart transplantation: a preliminary evaluation of the SF-36 questionnaire

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 12; no. 6 Pt 1; p. 983
• Main Authors: Rector, T S, Ormaza, S M, Kubo, S H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1993
• Subjects: Female; Health Status; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Satisfaction; Pilot Projects; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires; Waiting Lists

Measures of the effects of health care on patients' lives are being requested to evaluate heart transplantation programs. A relatively short, 36-item, questionnaire (SF-36) designed to measure health status is being evaluated as an outcome measure for a variety of conditions. The SF-36 was sent...