A Questionnaire for Rating Health-related Quality of Life.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Zdravstveno Varstvo Pub Date : 2021-10-20 eCollection Date: 2021-12-01 DOI:10.2478/sjph-2021-0035

Slobodan M Janković, Nataša Bogavac-Stanojević, Iva Mikulić, Sebija Izetbegović, Ivana Iličković, Dušanka Krajnović, Enra Suljic Mehmedika, Refet Gojak, Admir Mehičević, Belma Gazibera, Nevena Mahmutbegović, Milorad Stojadinović, Nikola Janković, Sanja K Miljković, Slađana Popović, Bojan Blidarević, Snežana Mugoša, Zorana Đorđević

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Background: Translations of instruments for measuring quality of life developed in certain, mostly more developed, parts of the world usually do not cover regionally specific aspects of health-related quality of life, even after transcultural validation. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a reliable questionnaire in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin languages suitable for measuring health-related quality of life in adults.

Methods: The study was of a cross-sectional type, assessing the reliability and validity of a newly developed questionnaire for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults residing in western Balkan states (WB-HRQoL). It was conducted on a sample of 489 adults from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro, with a mean age of 52.2±14.4 years and a male/female ratio of 195/294 (39.9%/60.1%).

Result: The definitive version of the WB-HRQoL scale with 19 items showed very good reliability, with Cronbach's alpha 0.905. The scale was temporally stable, and satisfactory results were obtained for divergent and convergent validity tests. Exploratory factorial analysis brought to the surface four domains of health-related quality of life, namely the physical, psychical, social, and environmental.

Conclusion: The WB-HRQoL scale is a reliable and valid generic instrument for measuring HRQoL that takes into account the cultural specifics of the western Balkan region.

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健康相关生活质量评定问卷。

背景:在世界某些地区，主要是较发达地区开发的衡量生活质量的工具的翻译，即使经过跨文化验证，通常也不包括与健康有关的生活质量的区域特定方面。本研究的目的是开发和验证塞尔维亚语、克罗地亚语、波斯尼亚语和黑山语的可靠问卷，适用于测量成年人与健康相关的生活质量。方法:本研究为横断面型，评估新开发的用于测量居住在西巴尔干国家的成年人健康相关生活质量(HRQoL)的问卷(WB-HRQoL)的信度和效度。调查对象为来自塞尔维亚、克罗地亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那和黑山的489名成年人，平均年龄为52.2±14.4岁，男女比例为195/294(39.9%/60.1%)。结果:确定版的WB-HRQoL量表有19个条目，信度为0.905。量表在时间上是稳定的，发散效度检验和收敛效度检验都取得了满意的结果。探索性因子分析揭示了与健康相关的生活质量的四个领域，即身体、心理、社会和环境。结论:WB-HRQoL量表是一种可靠有效的衡量HRQoL的通用工具，它考虑了西巴尔干地区的文化特点。

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