ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019
Development and initial validation of the chronic hepatitis B quality of life instrument (CHBQOL) among Chinese patients.
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- Development and validation of the patient-reported outcome for older people living with HIV/AIDS in China (PROHIV-OLD).Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- A psychometric evaluation of Chinese chronic hepatitis B virus infection-related stigma scale using classical test theory and item response theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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purposeThis study developed and tested preliminary measurement properties of a Chinese scale specifically designed to measure HRQOL in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHBQOL).
methodsWe conducted 94 individual interviews with CHB patients to solicit items and five hepatitis expert interviews along with three rounds of cognitive interviews to identify problems with relevance and understanding of content. A cross-sectional validation study was then conducted to evaluate measurement properties (n = 578). Factor analysis was used to determine the latent structure of the scale. Reliability was evaluated through Cronbach's alpha coefficients and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs). Measurement model adequacy, convergent, discriminant, and known-groups validity were also examined.
resultsA scale of 30 items was drafted. After item reduction, the remaining 23 items were assigned to the CHBQOL Somatic symptoms, Emotional symptoms, Belief and Social stigma domains, which had acceptable goodness of fit (χ
conclusionsThe CHBQOL instrument proved to be an appropriate tool for assessing HRQOL among Chinese CHB patients.
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