TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF-THAI in patients with HIV/AIDS
AU - Sakthong, Phantipa
AU - Schommer, Jon C
AU - Gross, Cynthia R.
AU - Sakulbumrungsil, Rungpetch
AU - Prasithsirikul, Wisit
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Objective: To assess reliability and validity of the Thai abbreviated version of World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI) in HIV/AIDS patients. Material and Method: The present study is descriptive research. Data were purposively collected from 120 HIV/AIDS outpatients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Thailand, during September-December, 2004. Results: Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.61 to 0.81 across domains. Exploratory factor analysis identified four major domains: physical, psychological, social and environmental domains, corresponding to the four WHOQOL-BREF domains. The four domain scores correlated positively with general health satisfaction and overall quality of life questions (all p < 0.01 except general health & social domain p < 0.05), and correlated negatively with the frequency and severity of HIV symptoms (all p < 0.01). The four domain scores discriminated between patients with higher and lower frequency and severity of HIV symptoms (all p < 0.01). Conclusion: The present study shows that WHOQOL-BREF THAI can be a good generic health-related quality of life instrument in HIV/AIDS patients.
AB - Objective: To assess reliability and validity of the Thai abbreviated version of World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI) in HIV/AIDS patients. Material and Method: The present study is descriptive research. Data were purposively collected from 120 HIV/AIDS outpatients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Thailand, during September-December, 2004. Results: Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.61 to 0.81 across domains. Exploratory factor analysis identified four major domains: physical, psychological, social and environmental domains, corresponding to the four WHOQOL-BREF domains. The four domain scores correlated positively with general health satisfaction and overall quality of life questions (all p < 0.01 except general health & social domain p < 0.05), and correlated negatively with the frequency and severity of HIV symptoms (all p < 0.01). The four domain scores discriminated between patients with higher and lower frequency and severity of HIV symptoms (all p < 0.01). Conclusion: The present study shows that WHOQOL-BREF THAI can be a good generic health-related quality of life instrument in HIV/AIDS patients.
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Reliability
KW - Validity
KW - WHOQOL-BREF-THAI
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18181334
AN - SCOPUS:37149054021
SN - 0125-2208
VL - 90
SP - 2449
EP - 2460
JO - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand
JF - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand
IS - 11
ER -