Validation du SF-36, questionnaire générique de la qualité de vie liée à la santé chez les personnes âgées au Liban
| Autor: | Jihad Fakhouri, Nada El Osta, Fatme Kanso, Lydia Rabbaa Khabbaz, Lana El Osta, Robert Saad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gerontology
education.field_of_study Activities of daily living SF-36 business.industry 05 social sciences Population General Medicine humanities 050105 experimental psychology Dispensary 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cronbach's alpha Quality of life Health care Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Observational study 030212 general & internal medicine business education |
| Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 25:706-714 |
| ISSN: | 1687-1634 1020-3397 |
| DOI: | 10.26719/emhj.19.041 |
| Popis: | Background Measuring health status of elderly is essential for the prediction of their health care needs. Health research usually considers objective outcome measure; however there is a need to increase self-reported measures of health. Aims The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the SF36 among a group of Lebanese elderly. Methods It was a cross-sectional observational study. A systematic sample of elderly people aged 60 years and more was selected from dispensary, private and governmental hospitals in Lebanon. Data were collected using face-to-face interview. The first part of the questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic characteristics. The second part consisted of the Arabic version of the SF-36. The third part consisted of Activity of Daily Living (ADL) scale, presence of health problems and number of medication consumed per day. Results A total of 250 elderly people were included. The mean age was 70.69±7.70 years. Cronbach alphas for all SF-36 scales exceeded 0.798. The intra-Class correlation coefficient varied between 0.675 (item 2) and 0.980 (items 14, 16 and 18) indicating good reliability. The quality of life (QoL) of women was poorer than men (p |
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