%0 Journal Article
%T ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE CAMBRIDGE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION OUTCOME REVIEW (CAMPHOR) FOR CROATIA
%A Alice Heaney
%A Ana He£¿imovi£¿
%A Andrea Vuki£¿ Dugac
%A Cecilija Rotim
%A Gzim Red£¿epi
%A Latinka Basara
%A Marko Jakopovi£¿
%A Miroslav Samar£¿ija
%A Nata£¿a Joki£¿-Begi£¿
%A Sanja Popovi£¿-Grle
%A Stephen P. McKenna
%J Archive of "Acta Clinica Croatica".
%D 2019
%R 10.20471/acc.2019.58.01.01
%X Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic disease which severely impairs quality of life (QoL). The Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) is the first disease-specific tool to assess patient-reported symptoms, functioning and QoL in PH patients. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the CAMPHOR for use in Croatia. The adaptation process involved three stages: translation (bilingual and lay panel), cognitive debriefing interviews with patients and psychometric validation. For the latter stage, a postal survey was conducted with 50 patients to examine the reliability and validity of the adapted scale. All three scales of the Croatian CAMPHOR demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Symptoms = 0.93; Activity limitations = 0.94; QoL = 0.92) and test-retest reliability correlations (Symptoms = 0.90; Activity limitations = 0.95; QoL = 0.90). Predicted correlations with the SF-36 scales provided evidence for construct validity of the CAMPHOR scales. Evidence for known group validity was shown by the ability of the scales to distinguish between participants based on patient-perceived general health and disease severity. The Croatian version of the CAMPHOR is a valid and reliable tool for use in clinical routine and clinical research
%K Hypertension
%K pulmonary
%K Quality of life
%K Croatia
%K Reproducibility of results
%K Surveys and questionnaires
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629211/