Macnew
language Validation

This section contains peer-reviewed papers addressing the psychometric properties of the MacNew language versions.

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Brazilian

• Nakajima KM, Rodrigues RC, Gallani MC, Alexandre NM, Oldridge N.
  Psychometric properties of MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire: Brazilian version.
  J Adv Nurs. 2009 May;65(5):1084-94. Epub 2009 Mar 9.

Chinese

• Thompson DR, Oldridge NB, Yu DS, Yu CM.
  Translation and validation of two Chinese health-related quality of life instruments in patients with coronary heart disease.
  Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Feb;15 Suppl 2:8-11.
• Yu D, Thompson D, Yu C, Oldridge N
  Validation of the Chinese version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire.
  J Eval Clin Practice. 2008 Apr;14(2):326-35
• Wang W, Lau Y, Palham S, Chow A, He HG.
  Psychometric testing of the Chinese Mandarin version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire for patients with myocardial infarction in mainland China. Int J Nurs Pract. 2015;21:147-55.

Danish

• Alphin S, Höfer S, Perk J, Slørdahl S, Zwisler A-D, Oldridge N.
  The MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire; A Scandinavian validation study.
  Soc Ind Res. 2014;122 519-37

Dutch

• De Gucht V, Van Elderen T, Van Der Kamp L, Oldridge N
  Quality of life after myocardial infarction: translation and validation of the MacNew Questionnaire for a Dutch population.
  Qual Life Res. 2004 Oct;13(8):1483-8

English (US, Australia)

• Höfer S, Saleem A, Stone J, Randal T, Tulloch H, Oldridge N
  The MacNew Heart Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients with Angina and Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure
  Value in Health 2012, Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 143-150
• Dempster M, Donnelly M, O’Loughlin C.
  The validity of the MacNew Quality of Life in heart disease questionnaire.
  Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004 Jan 22;2:6.
• Valenti L, Lim L, Heller RF, Knapp.J.
  An improved questionnaire for assessing quality of life after myocardial infarction.
  Qual Life Res 1996;5:151-161.
• Hillers TK, Guyatt GH, Oldridge N, Crowe J, Willan A, Griffith L, et al.
  Quality of life after myocardial infarction.
  J Clin Epidemiol 1994;47:1287-1296
• Lim LL-Y, Valenti LA, Knapp JC, Dobson AJ, Plotnikoff R, Higginbotham N, et al.
  A selfadministered quality of life questionnaire after acute myocardial infarction.
  J Clin Epidemiol 1993;46:1249-1256

Farsi (Iran) – Persian

• Asadi-Lari M, Javadi H, Melville M, Oldridge N, Gray D.
  Adaptation and administration of the MacNew quality of life questionnaire after myocardial infarction in an Iranian population.
  Health and Qual Life, 2003;1:23 [01 Jul 2003].
• Abbasi M, Momenyan S, Eslamimoqadam F, Sarvi F, Khaki I.
  Validity and Reliability of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients with Heart Failure: The Persian Version
  Int Cardio Res J. 2017 ; 11(4):e10283.

Flemish

• Vandereyt F, Dendale P, Vanhees L, Roosen J, Höfer S, Oldridge N.
  Psychometric properties of the flemish version of the macnew heart disease health-related Quality of Life questionnaire.
  Acta Cardiol. 2012 Feb;67(1):31-9.

French

• Pavy B, Iliou MC, Höfer S, Vergès-Patois B, Corone S, Aeberhard P, Curnier D, Henry J, Ponchon-Weess A, Oldridge N.
  Validation of the French version of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire.
  Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Nov 12.  [Epub ahead of print]

German

• Friedrich O, Sipötz J, Benzer W, Kunschitz E, Höfer S.
  The dimensional structure of the MacNew Health Related Quality of Life questionnaire: A Mokken Scale Analysis.
  J Psychosom Res. 2015 Jul;79(1):43-8.
• Gramm L, Farin E, Jaeckel W.
  Psychometric properties of the German version of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire.
  Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2012;10.83.
• S. Höfer, J.P Schmid, M. Frick, W. Benzer, H. Laimer, N. Oldridge, H. Saner.
  Psychometric Properties of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life instrument in patients with heart failure.
  J Eval Clin Practice 2008 May 2 [EPub ahead of print].
• S. Höfer, M. Anelli-Monti, T. Berger, F. Hintringer, N. Oldridge, W. Benzer.
  Psychometric Properties of an Established Heart Disease Specific Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Pacemaker Patients.
  Qual Life Res, 2005 Oct;14(8):1937-42.
• Höfer S, Benzer W, Brandt D, Laimer H, Schmid P, Bernardo A, et al.
  MacNew Heart Disease Questionnaire after myocardial infarction: the German Version.
  Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 2004;33(4); 270-280.
• Höfer S, Benzer W, Schüßler G, von Steinbüchel N, Oldridge NB.
  Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease treated for angina: validity and reliability of German translations of two specific questionnaires.
  Qual Life Res 2003;12:199-212

Hebrew 

• Dankner R, Burya-Sa’adon L, Geulayov G, Kobalyov A, Drory Y.
  Health-related quality of life of Israeli heart patients according to the MacNew heart disease specific instrument.
  Harefuah. 2011 Oct;150(10):760-4, 816.
• Geulayov G, Oldridge N, Ziv A, Novikov I, Drory Y, Dankner R.
  Validation of the Hebrew version of the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
  Clinical and Experimental Cardiology. 2013;4:279

Hungarian

• Bakai J, Höfer S, Oldridge N. Lukács M
  MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life kérdoív magyarországi validálása.
  Kardiovaskuláris prevenció és rehabilitáció 2011 4(1) 13-20.

Indonesian

• Basuki N, El-Ansary D, Höfer S, Dwiputra B, Nualnim N
  The Validity and Reliability of the MacNew Heart Disease Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire: The Indonesian Version
  Acta Med Indones. 2021 Jul;53(3):276-281

Italian

• Fattirolli F, Marchionni N, Höfer S, Giannuzzi P, Angelino E, Fioretti P, Miani D, Oldridge N
  The Italian MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire: a validation study
  Internal and Emergency Medicine. 2015 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Japanese

• Otsu H, Moriyama M, Nakay T
  Development of a Japanese Version of the M acNew Heart Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire
  J. Jpn. Acad. Nurs. Sci., Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 91-99, 2010

Korean

• Bae SH, Yoon MH, Park JH
  Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the MacNew heart disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire
  Health Qual Life Outcomes (2021) 19:196
• Kang K, Gholizadeh L, Inglis SC, Han HR
  Validation of the Korean Version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire
  J Nurs Res. 2019 Apr;27(2):e11

Norwegian

• Hiller A, Helvik AS, Kaasa S, Slørdahl SA.
  Psychometric properties of the Norwegian MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life inventory
  Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2010 Sep;9(3):146-52. Epub 2010 Feb 4.
• Alphin S, Höfer S, Perk J, Slørdahl, S, Zwisler A-D, Oldridge N.
  The MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire; A Scandinavian validation study.
  Soc Ind Res. 2014;122 519-37

Polish

• Moryś JM, Höfer S, Rynkiewicz A, Oldridge NB.
  The Polish MacNew heart disease heath-related quality of life questionnaire: a validation study.
  Cardiol J. 2015;22(5):541-50.

Portuguese

• Leal A, Paiva C, Höfer S, Amado J, Gomes L, Oldridge N.
  Evaluative and discriminative properties of the Portuguese MacNew health-related quality of life questionnaire.
  Qual Life Res. 2005 Dec;14(10):2335-41.

Russian

• Geulayov G, Oldridge N, Ziv A, Novikov I, Drory Y, and Dankner R
  The psychometric properties of the Russian version of the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Scale in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
  European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare Vol 1 Issue 2 pp 433-442
• Pogosova NV, Kursakov AA, Boycharov IH, Höfer S, Oldridge N
  Validation of the MacNew questionnaire for the assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with ischemic heart disease
  Ration Pharmacother Cardiol 2014;10(6):584-596

Sinhalese

• Seneviwickrama K L M D, Samaranayake D B D L, Fonseka P , Galappaththy  G N L , Höfer S, Oldridge N. B.
  Psychometric evaluation of the Sinhalese version of MacNew Heart Disease Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in patients with stable angina
  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2016 14:44

Spanish

• Brotons Cuixart C, Ribera Sole A, Permanyer Miralda G, Cascant Castello P, Moral Pelaez I, Pinar Sopena J, et al.
  Adaptation of the MacNew QLMI quality of life questionnaire after myocardial infarction to be used in the Spanish population [in Spanish].
  Med Clin (Barc) 2000;115:768-771.

Swedish

• Alphin S, Höfer S, Perk J, Slørdahl S, Zwisler A-D, Oldridge N.
  The MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life questionnaire; A Scandinavian validation study.
  Soc Ind Res. 2014;122 519-37

Turkish

• A. Daskapan, S. Höfer, N. Oldridge, N. Alkan, H. Muderrisoglu, E. Tuzun
  The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the MacNew Heart Disease Questionnaire in Patients with Angina
  Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, OnlineEarly Articles, Published article online: 14-Dec-2007

Ukrainian

• A. Yagensky, S. Höfer, Sichkaruk IM, N. Oldridge,
  Assessment of quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: results of validation Ukrainian version of the questionnaire MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life.
  Ukrainian Journal of Cardiology, 2013;3