Psychometric Study on the WHOQOL Questionnaires in Elders of Taiwan
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Hsieh, Po-Yu
Abstract
In recent years, Taiwan''s aged population are consistently getting growth. According to the reports of CEPD that the aged population will exceed 14% of the total population in 2018, the Taiwan will become the aged society. As a result, studies on the issue of elders’ life are increasingly received attention, especially for developing appropriate measurements of elders'' quality of life (QOL). The World Health Organization had developed a questionnaire to measure QOL, called WHOQOL. Attempting to capture the entire QOL of elders, the WHOQOL contains not only common domains of QOL but also an add-on module (WHOQOL-OLD) for elders. Although the WHOQOL is widely used in Taiwan, its applicability for the elders in Taiwan is rarely investigated. The objectives of this study are to examine the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL and to provide a useful instrument which can appropriately measure QOL for elders in Taiwan. In study1, the reliability and validity in different versions of WHOQOL were examined. The results showed that the reliability and validity of the short version, EUROHIS, have a good performance relative to the WHOQOL-BREF (Taiwan’s version). The psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-OLD and its short version (V3) were also acceptable, with high reliability and validity. Study 2 compared the scores of the WHOQOL between community-dwelling and nursing home resident. Social domain of the WHOQOL-BREF (Taiwan version) as well as the majority of the facets of the WHOQOL-OLD including sensory ability, death and dying, social participation, intimacy facets achieved statistically significant differences. In study 3, this study attempted to establish more suitable short version for Taiwan’s elders, yet the psychometric properties of this new version performed worse than the previous version.
Subjects
elder
quality of life
psychometric
community-dwelling
nursing home
Type
thesis
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