THE ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES

Authors

  • Kamarul Imran M Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
  • Ismail AA Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
  • Naing L Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
  • Wan Mohamad WB Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.5/no.1/art.2260

Keywords:

Quality of life questionnaires, reliability, validity

Abstract

Health traditionally has been compared using mortality and morbidity and in recent years health related instruments have been utilized along to complement those measures. Health related quality of life instruments are important because they provide patient's opinion and decision of management and for monitoring and evaluating health status. The quality of life instruments such as health related quality of life questionnaires are increasingly being used and these questionnaires are classified into disease specific and generic questionnaires. They require proper assessment using psychometric analysis of reliability and validity. For reliability, the two common analyses are the test,retest and internal consistency and for validity, it requires the assessment of content validity and analyses of construct validity and criterion validity. Reliable and valid quality of life questionnaires provide consistent and accurate information. The purpose of this paper is to provide crucial assessment and analyses of the reliability and validity of health related quality of life questionnaires.

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Published

2005-03-01

How to Cite

Kamarul Imran M, Ismail AA, Naing L, & Wan Mohamad WB. (2005). THE ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 5(1), 51–55. https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.5/no.1/art.2260

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005): Volume 5 No.1

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Articles