Responsividade dos instrumentos de avaliaˋˋo de qualidade de vida de Ferrans e Powers: uma revisˋo bibliogr芍fica

作者：Oliveira; Alciclea dos Santos; Santos; Vera Lucia Conceio de Gouveia

来源：ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem, 2011.

DOI：10.1590/S0103-21002011000600019

• quality of life
• health status indicators
• heart diseases
• evaluation/menthods
• review.

this objective of this study was to review literature on the responsiveness or sensitivity to changes of ferrans %26 powers instruments (iqvfp), for assessing quality of life (qv) using both the generic and specific versions. the articles were identified using the databases pubmed / medline, lilacs and scielo and the electronic site of the authors, using the keywords: quality of life, responsiveness, sensitivity to change, ferrans and powers index, and measurement tool. of the 31 articles identified, 20 were assessed in full. as to the objectives, 85% were related to qv and interventions, and 15% about responsiveness, mostly developed with cardiac patients (11/55%). among the three studies of responsiveness, two tested the psychometric properties of reliability and responsiveness. the other was a literature review. it was concluded that the number of studies that tested the responsiveness of the instruments iqvfp is low, requiring new studies to assess this property of measurement.