Cultural adaptation of the WHOQOL questionnaire for Taiwan
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Journal Volume
106
Journal Issue
7
Pages
592-597
Date Issued
2007
Author(s)
Abstract
This brief report describes cultural adaptation of the WMOQOL-100 questionnaire for Taiwan. The standard cultural adaptation procedure was used for questionnaire translation, response scale generation, and national items design. A field test was conducted on 1068 participants randomly selected from 17 hospitals all over Taiwan. Several psychometric criteria were used for selecting 12 out of the 20 national items previously proposed from three focus groups. In terms of reliability and validity, the psychometric properties of the culturally adapted WHOQOL questionnaire are good and the values are comparable with those in studies conducted in 15 countries. ? 2007 Elsevier & Formosan Medical Association.
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Other Subjects
adolescent; adult; aged; article; controlled study; cultural factor; cultural sensitivity; female; field study; human; information processing; male; psychometry; quality of life; questionnaire; reliability; Taiwan; validity; world health organization
Type
journal article