Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Japanese patients with chronic heart failure

Abstract Background Heart failure is a worldwide health problem that significantly affects patients’ physical function and health state. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure commonly used for the assessment of health states of pat...

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Main Authors: Emi Watanabe-Fujinuma, Hideki Origasa, Luke Bamber, Lothar Roessig, Tetsumi Toyoda, Yuri Haga, Chad Gwaltney, Burkert Pieske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-020-01483-0