| Lin MR |
------>authors3_c= ------>paper_class1=1 ------>Impact_Factor=None ------>paper_class3=1 ------>paper_class2=1 ------>vol=86 ------>confirm_bywho=hj2166 ------>insert_bywho=wtchiu ------>Jurnal_Rank=None ------>authors4_c= ------>comm_author= ------>patent_EDate=None ------>authors5_c= ------>publish_day=1 ------>paper_class2Letter=None ------>page2=113 ------>medlineContent= ------>unit=E0110 ------>insert_date=20071220 ------>iam=4 ------>update_date=None ------>author=??? ------>change_event=4 ------>ISSN= ------>authors_c= ------>score=500 ------>journal_name=American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ------>paper_name=Comparisons of the brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life and Short Form-36 for persons with spinal cord injuries. ------>confirm_date=20071220 ------>tch_id=073010 ------>pmid=17075363 ------>page1=104 ------>fullAbstract=OBJECTIVE: This study compared the psychometric performance of the brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) with the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) for people with traumatic spinal cord injuries in Taiwan. DESIGN: From a nationwide registry of traumatic spinal cord injuries, 187 subjects completed telephone interviews. Score distributions, internal consistency, intrainterviewer and interinterviewer test-retest reliabilities, convergent and known-groups validities, and the responsiveness between the WHOQOL-BREF (with an overall quality-of-life facet and four domains) and the SF-36 (with eight domains) were compared. RESULTS: Both the WHOQOL-BREF and the SF-36 exhibited low missing values (0.9-7.7 vs. 2.1-3.8), very good internal consistencies (Cronbach~s alpha coefficients of 0.75-0.87 vs. 0.72-0.98), intrainterviewer reliabilities (intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.84-0.98 vs. 0.71-0.99) and responsive statistics (0.787-1.83 vs. 0-0.92), and fair interinterviewer reliabilities (intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.56-0.95 vs. 0.41-0.98), whereas the WHOQOL-BREF~s domains converged with the conceptually related domains of the SF-36. Nonetheless, compared with the SF-36, the WHOQOL-BREF had lower percentages of ceiling (0.0%-0.4% vs. 0.4%-63.8%) and floor (0.0%-1.3% vs. 0.4%-28.1%) values and better known-groups validity and responsiveness. CONCLUSIONS: The WHOQOL-BREF is an appropriate generic health-related quality of life measure for persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries. ------>tmu_sno=None ------>sno=16529 ------>authors2=Hwang HF ------>authors3=Chen CY ------>authors4=Chiu WT ------>authors5= ------>authors6= ------>authors6_c= ------>authors=Lin MR ------>delete_flag=0 ------>SCI_JNo=None ------>authors2_c= ------>publish_area=0 ------>updateTitle=Comparisons of the brief form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life and Short Form-36 for persons with spinal cord injuries. ------>language=2 ------>check_flag=None ------>submit_date=None ------>country=NULL ------>no=2 ------>patent_SDate=None ------>update_bywho=None ------>publish_year=2007 ------>submit_flag=None ------>publish_month=1 |