Development and validation of a WHOQOL-BREF Taiwanese audio player-assisted interview version for the elderly who use a spoken dialect
Journal
Quality of Life Research
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
8
Pages
1375-1381
Date Issued
2007
Author(s)
Abstract
A quality of life questionnaire is rarely adapted to an interview mode for people who mainly use spoken language in daily life. In Taiwan, the WHOQOL-BREF (Mandarin Chinese version) has been developed, as a self-administered questionnaire, but it cannot be applied to the majority of the elderly in Taiwan, who speak only Taiwanese (a dialect). This study adopted the audio player-assisted interview mode to develop a Taiwanese version of the WHOQOL-BREF specifically for Taiwanese-speaking elderly people, and followed with examinations of the reliability and validity of this version. Initially, the WHOQOL-BREF (English version) was translated into colloquial Taiwanese, and field tests confirmed the equivalence and appropriateness of the translation. A total of 228 Taiwanese-speaking elderly people were assessed using the Taiwanese interview version, of which 144 subjects were re-assessed two weeks later. Interviewers assessed each subject aided by an audio player on which all the translated WHOQOL-BREF contents were recorded. The Taiwanese interview version of the WHOQOL-BREF, except for the item related to dependence on medication, showed acceptable reliability (internal consistency, corrected item-domain correlation, and test-retest reliability) and validity (criterion-related, convergent, and discriminant validity). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the four-factor model of the Taiwanese interview version, providing evidence for construct validity. The results suggest that the Taiwanese audio player-assisted interview version of the WHOQOL-BREF was reliable and valid in assessing quality of life of elderly Taiwanese. ? 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Other Subjects
aged; analytic method; article; construct validity; controlled study; criterion related validity; discriminant validity; female; human; interview; major clinical study; male; priority journal; quality of life; questionnaire; reliability; Taiwan; test retest reliability; validation process; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Health Status; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Language; Male; Middle Aged; Psychological Tests; Psychometrics; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Speech; Taiwan; Tape Recording; World Health Organization
Type
journal article