ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2009
Measurement equivalence of osteoporosis-specific and general quality-of-life instruments in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women.
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- The health-related quality of life of Indigenous populations: a global systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Pooled it
- Measurement equivalence of the SF-36 in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2012Trial
- Health-related quality of life of men with primary osteoporosis and its changes after bisphosphonates treatment.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study.BMC research notes · 2017Article
- Measurement invariance of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal quality-of-life instrument among modes of administration.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeTo test the measurement equivalence (i.e., invariance) of osteoporosis-specific and general health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) instruments in Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women.
methodsA total of 258 Aboriginal and 181 non-Aboriginal women were recruited to the First Nations Bone Health Study from rural and urban sites in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) and the mini-Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (mini-OQLQ) were administered to study participants by trained interviewers. Confirmatory factor analysis techniques were adopted to test hypotheses about four forms of invariance for the two groups using likelihood ratio tests and other goodness-of-fit indices.
resultsFor the mini-OQLQ instrument configural and metric invariance were satisfied, indicating that both groups have the same conceptualization of osteoporotic quality of life and the concepts have equivalent meaning. However, scalar and complete invariance were not satisfied for this instrument. The SF-36 exhibited complete invariance in the two groups.
conclusionsMeasurement equivalence, which is required to conduct valid group comparisons, was not demonstrated for the disease-specific quality-of-life instrument but was supported for the general instrument. Ethnicity appears to influence responses about the effects of osteoporosis on quality of life.
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