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Table 1 Sample description in terms of age, sex and categories of the New York Heart Association functional classification

From: Measuring patient outcomes in chronic heart failure: psychometric properties of the Care-Related Quality of Life survey for Chronic Heart Failure (CaReQoL CHF)

Age m (sd)

71.7 (11.8)

Sex n (%)

 Male

585 (59.3%)

NYHA n(%)

 1 - No limitations due to dyspnoea or fatigue

224 (23.3%)

 2 - Dyspnoea or fatigue with normal physical activity

299 (31.2%)

 3 - Dyspnoea or fatigue with slight physical activity

357 (37.2%)

 4 - Dyspnoea or fatigue with every physical activity and in rest

80 (8.3%)