I thought I'd post the Minnesita Living With Heart Failure test on the site. The patient mentioned who went on to have a heart transplant who's aorta they were testing went from 77 to 13.
On QOL questionnaires usually there will be a 0 to 5 response with 5 being severe or worst, 0 being nothing and the other numbers being inbetween. The MLWHF test looks to be 21 questions, so a total score of of 105 is possible.
That would suggest that this patient was on average scoring 3's to 4's. 3's and 4's generally suggest a patient will be moderately to severely crippled when performing a task or have moderate to severe symptoms. The patient wont be 100% crippled by the activity or the mobidity discussed in any question.
The minimum detectable level of change seems to be 5 with an error of 6-7, suggesting that a change of 11-12 on this test will usually be considered not to chance or the day to day variation of the patient, but to an improvement of condition.
The C-Pulse caused this patient to have a SIXTY FOUR point reduction in score. She's gone from severe limitations on most questions of the test to having between NO LIMITATION and mild limitation per question.
As a physio I use these tests all the time, most large musculoskeletal surgeries (knee replacement etc.) I see wouldnt cause an improvement on an equivalent scale in anywhere near the time (or ever).
I've seen ALOT of knee replacements and very very few would get an improvement of this magnitude. If a patient was, on average scoring 3's to 4's on a knee QOL test equivalent and I had them averaging 2's after surgery and rehab, I would be over the moon at my successful outcome with that patient.
Anyway here's the test
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Causing swelling in your ankles, legs etc.?
0
1
2
3
4
5
2P
Making you sit or lie down to rest during the day?
0
1
2
3
4
5
3P
Making your walking about or climbing stairs difficult?
0
1
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4
5
4P
Making your Working Around the house or yard difficult?
0
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5
5P
Making your going places away from home difficult?
0
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2
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4
5
6P
Making your sleeping well at night difficult
0
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2
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4
5
7P
Making your sleeping to or doing things with your friend s or family difficult?
0
1
2
3
4
5
8
Making your working to earn a living difficult?
0
1
2
3
4
5
9
Making your recreational pastimes, sports or hobbies difficult
0
1
2
3
4
5
10
Making you sexual activities more difficult?
0
1
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4
5
11
Making you eat less of the foods you like?
0
1
2
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4
5
12P
Making you short of breath?
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1
2
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4
5
13P
Making you tired, fatigued, or low on energy?
0
1
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4
5
14
Making you stay in a hospital?
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2
3
4
5
15
Costing you money for medical care?
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2
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4
5
16
Giving you side effects from medications?
0
1
2
3
4
5
17E
Making you feel you are a burden to your family or friends?
0
1
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4
5
18E
Making you feel a loss of self-control in your life?
0
1
2
3
4
5
19E
Making you worry?
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4
5
20E
Making it difficult for you to concentrate or remember things?
0
1
2
3
4
5
21E
Making you feel depressed?
0
1
2
3
4
5
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