As part of the international HeartQol project, the Flemish version of the MacNew was successfully tested in 334 Belgian Flemish speaking angina, mi and heartfailure patients. Validity and reliability could be established. Also the three factor structure was replicated. The MacNew can be recommended as
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA – A single questionnaire is now available for clinicians and researchers interested in assessing patient health-related quality of life in patients with angina, myocardial infarction, or heart failure. Our objective was to determine whether the MacNew health-related quality of life questionnaire, originally
As part of the international HeartQoL project, various language versions of the MacNew are currently being tested for its psychometric properties in each language. The Hungarian version of the MacNew successfully demonstrated to be a valid and reliable patient reported outcome measure for patients with
Prof. Oldridge was invited to give the Michael M. Pollock Memorial Tutorial lecture at the American College of Sports Medicine meeting: Patient-Reported Outcomes in Documenting the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation
The Association of Austrian Psychologists awarded Dr. Höfer with the Psychology Award 2008 for innovative scientific work in clinical practice.
The MacNew project received the Eli Lilly Quality of Life Award 2005.
Prof. Oldridge received the Michael M. Pollock Established Investigator Award of the American Association for Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
IT-Business Award: The online tool “Health Outcome Measurement – Cardiology” received an IT-Business Award from the Centre for Academic Spin-offs Tyrol.
8th World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dublin 2004. Launch of the new website macnew.org.
Prof. Oldridge was awarded the Peter Beckmann Medal from the German Society for Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Disease for Lifetime Achievement in Research in Cardiac Rehabilitation, 2002