Reliability of a German version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) administered via telephone.

ABSTRACT: To date, there is no validated telephone version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) available to collect data about health-related quality of life among patients with heart failure (HF). We assessed the reliability of the German KCCQ administered via telephone in comparison to the self-administered version. Patients with HF admitted to the outpatient clinic of the University Hospital Würzburg were consecutively identified and recruited. Patients completed (a) the self-administered version of the KCCQ, and (b) the telephone-based interview performed by trained raters. The sequence of both approaches was randomized. For the between-method agreement, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated using a non-parametric, rank-based approach. We analysed data fr

SUBMITTER: Schutzmeier M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature