Content validity, construct validity, and reliability of the WHOQOL-Bref in a population of Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients

被引：203

作者：

Trompenaars, F

Masthoff, E

Heck, G

Hodiamont, P

Vries, J

机构：

[1] Minist Justitie, Forens Psychiat Dienst, NL-5223 BA Shertogenbosch, Netherlands

[2] Tilburg Univ, Dept Psychol & Hlth, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

[3] Stichting GGZ Midden Brabant, NL-5000 AT Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH | 2005年 / 14卷 / 01期

关键词：

psychiatric outpatients; reliability; validation; WHOQOL-Bref;

D O I：

10.1007/s11136-004-0787-x

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

In this study, the psychometric properties of a quality of life scale, the WHOQOL-Bref, were examined in a population of 533 Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients. Participants underwent two semistructured interviews in order to obtain Axis-I and II diagnoses, according to DSM-IV. Besides the WHOQOL-Bref they also completed questionnaires for measuring psychopathological symptoms (SCL-90) and perceived social support (PSSS). Scores on 25 of the 26 questions of the WHOQOL-Bref had a good distribution. Similar to previous findings, exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure. A priori expected associations were found between the domains of the WHOQOL-Bref, on the one hand, and dimensions of the SCL-90 and the PSSS-score, on the other hand, indicating good construct validity. The internal consistency of the four domains of the WHOQOL-Bref ranged from 0.66 to 0.80. Domain scores of the WHOQOL-Bref correlated around 0.92 with the WHOQOL-100 domain scores. Relatively low correlations were found between demographic characteristics (age and sex) and WHOQOL-Bref domain scores. It is concluded that the content validity, construct validity, and the reliability of the WHOQOL-Bref in a population of adult Dutch psychiatric outpatients are good. The WHOQOL-Bref, therefore, is an adequate measure for assessing quality of life at the domain level in a population of adult psychiatric outpatients.

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页码：151 / 160

页数：10

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