Evaluation of reliability and validity of Diabetes Diet-Related Quality-of-Life Scale

VernacularTitle:与糖尿病饮食相关的生活质量量表的信效度研究
Author: Bing WU ; Xuan CHEN ; Xiaofei WEI ; Xianhong HAN ; Na CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Diabetes; Diet; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2014;30(22):55-57
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of Diabetes Diet-Related Quality-of-Life Scale (DDR-QOL) in Chinese version,in order to provide an efficient instrument for assessing the quality of life of diabetes in diet therapy.Methods Translating and edit the DDR-QOL scale initially,275 eligible subjects were invited to the study.DDR-QOL scale and 36 item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used to collect data which were conducted for evaluating the internal consistency,reproducibility,construct validity,convergent and discriminant validity of DDR-QOL.Results The total Cronbach's α was 0.86.The factor analysis suggested good construct validity of DDR-QOL.Significant correlations were found between DDR-QOL and SF-36.The quality of life of diabetes who is on the job or not can be identified by DDR-QOL.Conclusions The Chinese version of DDR-QOL is a valid and reliable tool to assess the quality of life of diabetes who are in diet therapy.