Qualitative interviews versus standardised self-report questionnaires in assessing qualityb of life in heart transplant recipientsShow others and affiliations
2011 (English)In: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, ISSN 1053-2498, E-ISSN 1557-3117, Vol. 30, no 8, p. 963-966Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Quality of life (QoL) studies in heart transplant recipients (HTRs) using validated, quantitative, self-report questionnaires have reported poor QoL in approximately 20% of patients. This consecutive mixed methods study compared self-report questionnaires, the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey (MOS SF-36) and the Atkinson Life Satisfaction Scale, with phenomenologically informed audiovisual (AV) qualitative interview data in 27 medically stable HTRs (70% male; age 53 ± 13.77 years; time since transplant 4.06 ± 2.42 years). Self-report questionnaire data reported poor QoL and more distress compared with previous studies and normative population samples; in contrast, 52% of HTRs displayed pervasive distress according to visual methodology. Using qualitative methods to assess QoL yields information that would otherwise remain unobserved by the exclusive use of quantitative QOL questionnaires.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2011. Vol. 30, no 8, p. 963-966
Keywords [en]
quality of life; qualitative interviews; transplantation; phenomenology; audio-visual methodology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-81688DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.017PubMedID: 21531580OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-81688DiVA, id: diva2:555685
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