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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài :Validity and reliability of a new, short symptom rating scale in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Validity and reliability of a new short symptom rating scale in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation Marie Harden1 Britta Nystrõm1 Károly Kulich2 Jonas Carlsson2 Ann Bengtson3 and Nils Edvardsson 1 3 Open Access Address Division of Cardiology Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gõteborg Sweden 2AstraZeneca HEOR R D Mõlndal Sweden and 3Sahlgrenska Academy at Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gõteborg Sweden Email Marie Harden - marie.harden@vgregion.se Britta Nystrõm - britta.nystrom@anatcell.gu.se Károly Kulich - karoly_kulich@hotmail.com Jonas Carlsson - jonas.carlsson@astrazeneca.com Ann Bengtson - ann.bengtson@fhs.gu.se Nils Edvardsson - nils.g.edvardsson@telia.com Corresponding author Published 15 July 2009 Received 24 February 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 65 doi 10.1186 1477-7525-7-65 Accepted 15 July 2009 This article is available from http www.hqlo.eom content 7 1 65 2009 Harden et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Symptoms related to atrial fibrillation and their impact on health-related quality of life HRQoL are often evaluated in clinical trials. However there remains a need for a properly validated instrument. We aimed to develop and validate a short symptoms scale for patients with AF. Methods One hundred and eleven patients with a variety of symptoms related to AF were scheduled for DC cardioversion. The mean age was 67.1 12.1 years and 80 were men. The patients completed the new symptoms scale the Toronto Symptoms Check List SCL and the generic Short Form 36 SF-36 the day before the planned DC cardioversion. Compliance was excellent with only 1 of 666 answers missing. Results One item .
