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ArticleScientific reports2025

Validation of the Thai World Health Organization Quality of Life-OLD (WHOQOL-OLD) among Thai older adults: Rasch analysis.

Krittaphas Kangwanrattanakul

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Krittaphas KangwanrattanakulDivision of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Burapha University, 169 Long-Hard Bangsaen Rd., Mueang, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand. krittaphas@buu.ac.th.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-8508

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Abstract

Rasch analysis was employed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-OLD (WHOQOL-OLD) instrument among the Thai older adults. The analysis was conducted on a subset of 300 individuals randomly selected from a group of 800 older adults. The results revealed that the WHOQOL-OLD showed an acceptable fit to the Rasch model (χ

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PsychometricsQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSoutheast Asian PeopleSurveys and QuestionnairesThailandWorld Health OrganizationHealth-related quality of lifeOlder adultsRasch modelThailandWHOQOL-OLD

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