Chinese version of SF-36 in the quality of life assessment among community-dwelling elders.
- Author:
Yi-yun WEI
1
;
Yan YAN
;
Duo-lao WANG
;
Yan-fang GUO
;
Lei ZHANG
;
Zhen-qiu SUN
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Chira.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Community Health Services;
Female;
Geriatric Assessment;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Quality of Life;
Reproducibility of Results;
Sampling Studies;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
standards
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2006;31(2):184-188
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To obtain scores in a community-dwelling population over 60 using the SF-36, to assess the reliability and validity of this general health questionnaire, and to analyze the difference in dimension scores among the elderly Chinese in Changsha.
METHODS:We randomly selected 602 elders, aged 60 to 91 years, in multi-phases. All the subjects had resided in Changsha for at least one year. The reliability of the SF-36 was assessed by split-half reliability and Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the validity through factor analysis and correlation analysis, etc. The dimension scores of different people were obtained by analysis of variance and independent-samples t-test.
RESULTS:The split-half reliability was 0.72 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients of all the 8 dimensions were more than 0.8; the Pearson correlate coefficients of all the items to their dimensions were more than 0. 59. SF-36 contained 8 domains and 2 summary scales in the factor analysis. Health-related quality was different in different elders.
CONCLUSION:The SF-36 is practical in studying the quality of life among community-dwelling elders.
