Criterion-related validity of the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire-Chinese version
10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2014.07.014
- VernacularTitle:绝经期生存质量量表中文版的标准关联效度研究
- Author:
Jiao YANG
;
Yujia REN
;
Minhui LIU
;
Qingyan WANG
;
Siyuan TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Menopause-Speciifc Quality of Life Questionnaire;
criterion-related validity;
quality of life
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2014;(7):727-732
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the criterion-related validity of Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL)-Chinese version and to evaluate the effect of menopausal symptoms on health related quality of life. Methods:This study was a cross-sectional survey. Three communities were randomly chosenin Changsha,and then 340 menopausal women aged 45-55 years were randomly chosen from the documented data of the 3 community health service centers. They were required to fill out 4 questionnaires: demographic questionnaire, MENQOL-Chinese version, Kupperman Index (KI) and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHQOL)-BREF. Correlation analysis was used to measure the criterion-related validity. Results: MENQOL-Chinese version subscales (vasomotor, psycho-social, sexual and physical) and KI total score were positively correlated (r=0.800,0.751, 0.607, 0.906 respectively); while negatively correlated with WHOQOL-BREF total score (r =-0.694,-0.851,-0.585,-0.873 respectively); MENQOL-Chinese version subscales (vasomotor, psycho-social, sexual and physical) were signiifcantly correlated with WHOQOL-BREF subscales (physical, psychological, social relationship, environment), and the physical domain was the highest among the correlation coeffcients (r=-0.915). Conclusion:MENQOL-Chinese version shows relatively high criterion-related validity compared with KI and WHOQOL-BREF, which can be widely used to measure the quality of life of menopause women in China.
