VALIDATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE FORICD PATIENTS

摘要

Background and Objective: Considering the uniqueness of ICD patients' anxiety and environment, we developed a Quality of Life Questionnaire by focus-group method. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between the outcome of developed QOL questionnaire for ICD patients and that of already validated QOL questionnaire. Method: As a validated QOL questionnaire, Japanese version of WHO-QOL26 which consists of 26 questions was used. Questions in both QOL questionnaires were grouped in 5 domains. Twenty six ICD patients were enrolled and were given both WHO-QOL26 and the ICD questionnaire to answer. Averaged scores for both QOL questionnaires were calculated and tested for correlation. Results: Correlation was calculated for each domains and average of all. All domains showed statistical significant correlation between ICD questionnaire and WHO questionnaire. Conclusion: Newly developed QOL questionnaire for ICD patients for Japanese population showed good correlation with WHO-QOL26 and it was proved to be reliable.