:: MacNew Review
:: MacNew Language Validation Studies
:: Studies applying the MacNew

Most recent published review about the MacNew:

• The MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life instrument: A summary
  Höfer S, Lim L, Guyatt G, Oldridge N Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004, 2:3 (8 January 2004)

Language validiation studies:

Chinese
• Yu D, Thompson D, Yu C, Oldridge N Validation of the Chinese version of the MacNew Heart Diseae Health-realted Quality of Life questionnaire. J Eval Clin Practice. 2008 Apr;14(2):326-35

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

Farsi (Iran)
• 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].

German
• 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

English (US, Australia)
• 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

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.

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.

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

Articles about the MacNew:

• Maes S, De Gucht V, Goud R, Hellemans I, Peek N. Is the MacNew quality of life questionnaire a useful diagnostic and evaluation instrument for cardiac rehabilitation? Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2008 Oct;15(5):516-20.

• Benzer W, Platter M, Oldridge NB, et al.. Short-term patient-reported outcomes after different exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Jun;14(3):441-7.

• Höfer S, Kullich W, Graninger U, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation in Austria: short term quality of life improvements in patients with heart disease Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2006 Dec;118(23-24):744-753.

• Benzer W, Oldridge N, Anelli-Monti M, Berger T, Hintringer F, Höfer S. Clinical predictors of health-related quality of life after pacemaker implantation. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2006 Dec;118(23-24):739-743.

• Höfer S, Doering S, Rumpold G, Oldridge N, Benzer W. Determinants of health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2006 Jun;13(3):398-406.

• Schweikert B, Hahmann H, Leidl R. Validation of the EuroQol questionnaire in cardiac rehabilitation. Heart. 2006 Jan;92(1):62-7.

• Höfer S, Benzer W, Alber H, Ruttmann E, Kopp M, Schussler G, Doering S. Determinants of health-related quality of life in coronary artery disease patients: a prospective study generating a structural equation model. Psychosomatics. 2005 May-Jun;46(3):212-23.

• Boersma SN, Maes S, Joekes K. Goal disturbance in relation to anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life after Myocardial Infarction. Qual Life Res. 2005 Dec;14(10):2265-75.

• Benzer W, Höfer S, Oldridge N. Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease after different treatments for angina in routine clinical practice. Herz, 2003;28:421-428.

• Gardner JK, McConnell TR, Klinger TA, Herman CP, Hauck CA, Laubach Jr CA. Quality of life and self-efficacy: Gender and diagnoses considerations for management during cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil, 2003;23:299-306.

• Dixon T, Lim L, Oldridge N. The MacNew health-related quality of life instrument: Reference data for users. Qual Life Res, 2002;11:173-183.

• Dixon T, Lim LL, Heller RF. Quality of life: an index for identifying high-risk cardiac patients. J Clin Epidemiol, 2001;54:952-960.

• McConnell TR, Laubach CA, Memon M, Gardner JK, Klinger TA, Palm RJ. Quality of life and self-efficacy in cardiac rehabilitation patients over 70 years of age following acute myocardial infarction and bypass revascularization surgery. Am J Geriatric Cardiol, 2000;9:210-218.

• Smith HJ, Taylor R, Mitchell A. A comparison of four quality of life instruments in cardiac patients: SF-36, QLI, QLMI, and SEIQoL. Heart, 2000;84:390-394.

• Dempster M, Donnelly M. Measuring the health related quality of life of people with ischaemic heart disease. Heart, 2000;83:641-644

• Dixon T, Lim LL, Powell H, Fisher JD. Psychosocial experiences of cardiac patients in early recovery: a community-based study. J Adv Nurs, 2000;31:1368-1375.

• McGee HM, Hevey D, Horgan JH. Psychosocial outcome assessments for use in cardiac rehabilitation service evaluation: a 10-year systematic review. Soc Sci Med, 1999;48:1373-1393.

• Lim LL-Y, Johnson NA, O'Connell RL, Heller RF. Quality of life and later adverse health outcomes in patients with suspected heart attack. Aust NZ J Pub Health, 1998;22:540-546.

• Oldridge N, Gottlieb M, Guyatt G, Jones N, Streiner D, Feeny D. Predictors of health-related quality of life with cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction. J Cardiopulm Rehabil, 1998;18:95-103.

• Heller RF, Lim L, Valenti L, Knapp J. Predictors of quality of life after hospital admission for heart attack or angina. Int J Cardiol, 1997;59:161-166.

• Foster C, Oldridge NB, Dion W, Forsyth G, Grevenow P, Hansen MA, et al. Time course of recovery during cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulmon Rehabil, 1995;15:209-215.

• Heller RF, Lim L, Valenti L, Knapp J. A randomised controlled trial of community based counselling among those discharged from hospital with ischaemic heart disease. Aust NZ Med J, 1995;25:362-364.

• Heller RF, Knapp JC, Valenti LA, Dobson AJ. Secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol, 1993;72:759-762.

• Oldridge N, Guyatt G, Jones N, Crowe J, Singer J, Feeny D, et al. Effects on quality of life with comprehensive rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol, 1991;67:1084-1089.

• Ebbesen L, McCartney N, Guyatt GH, Oldridge NB. Measuring quality of life in cardiac spouses. J Clin Epidemiol, 1990;43:481-487.

Further interesting literature on QoL in general: