Assessing quality of life in older people: Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF

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作者：

von Steinbüchel N. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Lischetzke T. ^{[3
]}

Gurny M. ^{[3
]}

Eid M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Gottingen

[2] Center for Neurogerontopsychology, University of Geneva, Geneva

[3] Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva

来源：

European Journal of Ageing | 2006年 / 3卷 / 2期

关键词：

Older adults; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity;

D O I：

10.1007/s10433-006-0024-2

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摘要：

The World Health Organization has developed a brief generic questionnaire to assess quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF. It has been studied in diverse groups, but not specifically in older people. The purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the French version of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in healthy older people and to compare the mean profiles of participants with the mean profile obtained in the international validation study of the WHOQOL-BREF. Of the total sample of 262 Swiss French speaking older participants, 122 completed a retest after 2 weeks. The WHOQOL-BREF items demonstrated high test-retest reliability and validity. The WHOQOL-BREF items were differentially related to physical and mental health measures (SF-12 components, morbidity, and depression), thereby demonstrating convergent and discriminant validity. Compared to the international validation sample of the WHOQOL-BREF, participants of the present study reported higher QOL on 22 of the 26 items. A comparison of item profiles between male and female participants revealed gender differences for two items only (social support and negative feelings). We conclude that the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF items in older adults are good. To consider the 24 specific facets that are assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF appropriately, we recommend using item profiles on the individual and the sample level. © Springer-Verlag 2006.

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页码：116 / 122

页数：6

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