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Table 3.

Symptom and Quality of Life Measures Used

Variable Measured	Scale
Pain	SF-36 bodily pain subscale⁵⁰
Dyspnea	Guyatt Respiratory Scale⁴⁹
	Transitional Dyspnea Scale⁴⁹
	Borg Scale⁵²
	Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire dyspnea subscale⁵⁸
	Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire dyspnea subscale^54,56
Fatigue	Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire fatigue subscale⁵⁸
	Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire fatigue subscale^54,56
Sleep Disturbance	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index⁵¹
Symptom-related QoL	Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire^{47,49–50,52–53}
	World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief questionnaire⁵⁵
	Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire⁵⁷

Citations indicate studies in which the scale was used.