World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment: brief version in Bahasa Malaysia.

نویسندگان

  • C I Hasanah
  • L Naing
  • A R Rahman
چکیده

WHOQOL-100, a 100 items quality of life assessment by WHO is too lengthy to be applicable in researches where the quality of life is one of the many variables of interest. The abbreviated version with 26 items is more acceptable by subjects, especially those with illness. The generic and the abbreviated Malay version were given to subjects who were healthy and with illness. Results showed that the domain scores produced by WHOQOL-BREF correlate highly with that of WHOQOL-100. WHOQOL-BREF domain scores demonstrated good discriminant validity, construct validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The study indicates that WHOQOL-BREF in its brevity offers a valid and reliable assessment of quality of life.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Medical journal of Malaysia

دوره 58 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003