ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023
Psychometric Properties of Suboptimal Health Status Instruments: A Systematic Review.
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- Identifying sub-health symptom clusters among urban older adults: exploring associations with Tai Chi exercise and risk of falling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The suboptimal health status questionnaire: Turkish validity and reliability study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between breakfast frequency, community space environment, and psychological symptoms: a cross-sectional study of Chinese adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between mobile phone dependence, self-control, and Tai Chi exercise among sub-health older adults in urban areas: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychometric Validation of the Spanish OSAKA Questionnaire: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Colombian Dental Professionals.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Online takeaway food consumption and its association with health among young and middle-aged urban residents in mainland China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Determination of the optimal cutoff point for the suboptimal health status questionnaire: a latent profile analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Undergraduates' lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional study in the Ha'il region of Saudi Arabia.PloS one · 2025Article
- The prevalence of suboptimal health status among Chinese secondary school students and its relationship with family health: the mediating role of perceived stress and problematic internet use.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Analyzing Longitudinal Health Screening Data with Feature Ensemble and Machine Learning Techniques: Investigating Diagnostic Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome for Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3a to 3b.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessing suboptimal health status in the Saudi population: Translation and validation of the SHSQ-25 questionnaire.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a short-form suboptimal health status questionnaire.The EPMA journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuboptimal health status (SHS) measurement has now been recognized as an essential construct in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine. Currently, there are limited tools, and an ongoing debate about appropriate tools. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate and generate conclusive evidence about the psychometric properties of available SHS tools.
objectiveThis research aimed to identify and critically assess the psychometric properties of available SHS instruments and provide recommendations for their future use.
methodsArticles were retrieved by following the guidelines of the PRISMA checklist, and the robustness of methods and evidence about the measurement properties was assessed using the adapted COSMIN checklist. The review was registered in PROSPERO.
resultsThe systematic review identified 14 publications describing four subjective SHS measures with established psychometric properties; these included the Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 (SHSQ-25), Sub-health Measurement Scale Version 1.0 (SHMS V1.0), Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA), and the Sub-Health Self-Rating Scale (SSS). Most studies were conducted in China and reported three reliability indices: (1) the internal consistency measured by Cronbach's α value ranged between 0.70 and 0.96; (2) the test-retest reliability; and (3) the split-half reliability coefficient values ranged between 0.64 and 0.98, and between 0.83 and 0.96, respectively. For the values of validity coefficients in the case of SHSQ-25 > 0.71, the SHMS-1.0 ranged from 0.64 to 0.87, and the SSS ranged from 0.74 to 0.96. Using these existing and well-characterized tools rather than constructing original tools is beneficial, given that the existing choice demonstrated sound psychometric properties and established norms.
conclusionsThe SHSQ-25 stood out as being more suitable for the general population and routine health surveys, because it is short and easy to complete. Therefore, there is a need to adapt this tool by translating it into other languages, including Arabic, and establishing norms based on populations from other regions of the world.
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