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Comparison between different instruments for measuring health-related quality of life in a population sample, the WHO MONICA Project, Gothenburg, Sweden: an observational, cross-sectional study.
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- Follow-up analysis of quality of life in elderly patients with bone trauma: a longitudinal observational study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Observational
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- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life of frontline workers: the case of seven low-income Eastern African countries.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
- Polypharmacy and the Change of Self-Rated Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A prospective, randomized trial of patient-reported outcome measures to drive management decisions in hematology and oncology.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Burden, patterns, and impact of multimorbidity in North India: findings from a rural population-based study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Low health-related quality of life in hypoparathyroidism and need for PTH analog.Endocrine connections · 2022Article
- Current status and influential factors for family health management during quarantine: A latent category analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Quality of Life Predictors in Patients With Melanoma: A Machine Learning Approach.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life in patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis in remission.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Comorbidity and quality of life in obesity-a comparative study with the general population in Gothenburg, Sweden.PloS one · 2022Observational
- Intra-Individual Variability in Self-Reported Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Medicines Depending on Mode of Data Collection - Observations from the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Sweden.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Changes in Self-Rated Health After Sepsis in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Chest · 2020Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Turner Syndrome and the Influence of Growth Hormone Therapy: A 20-Year Follow-Up.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe general aim was to meet the need for empirical comparative studies of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment instruments, by evaluating and comparing the psychometric properties and results of three different, widely used, generic HRQoL instruments in a population sample. The specific aims were to evaluate the subscales of the different instruments that measure the same domain and to assess the association between the HRQoL measures and a single-item self-rated health scale.
designAn observational cross-sectional study.
settingA population-based sample from Gothenburg, Sweden, was studied in 2008 in the WHO MONItoring of trends and determinants for CArdiovascular disease.
participantsA total of 414 subjects were included, 77% women, age range 39-78 years.
interventionsThe Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the Short Form-36 questionnaire (SF-36), the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB) and a self-rated health scale were used. OUTCOME MEASURES: Scores were analysed for their psychometric properties, internal consistency (Cronbach's α), construct validity (Spearman's rank correlations and R
resultsPGWB and SF-36 had higher Cronbach's α scores than NHP. All correlations calculated between the subscales that were conceptually similar were significant (p<0.01). All subscales could differentiate the presence of self-rated ill-health according to the self-rated health scale (p<0.001). The self-rated health scale correlated strongly with all of the three HRQoL instruments used.
conclusionsThere was a high concordance between the instruments within each domain that was conceptually similar. All three HRQoL instruments (PGWB, SF-36 and NHP) could discriminate the presence of self-rated ill-health. The simple and quick self-rated health scale correlated strongly with the more time-consuming PGWB, SF-36 and NHP. The result supports the existence of a strong association between the self-rated health scale and HRQoL in the general population.
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