ERIC Number: EJ818580
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
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ISSN: ISSN-0303-8300
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The Performance of the World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF in Assessing the Quality of Life of Thai College Students
Li, Kaigang; Kay, Noy S.; Nokkaew, Nattiporn
Social Indicators Research, v90 n3 p489-501 Feb 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of the Thai-version of WHOQOL-BREF in assessing the quality of life (QoL) among Thai college students. The psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF were assessed in this study. The self-administered WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was applied. A total of 407 Thai college students (male age = 20.5 plus or minus 1.2; female age = 20.5 plus or minus 1.2) participated in this study. Item-response distributions, internal consistency reliability, discriminant validity, criterion-related validity and construct validity through confirmatory analysis were analyzed. The findings indicate that the WHOQOL-BREF had acceptable internal consistency (alpha = 0.73-0.83 across four domains), all items highly correlated with corresponding domain scores (r = 0.53-0.80), the indices of a two-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrate that the data fit the model well with allowing covary of error variances of some items, all items had good property of criterion-related validity and item discrimination and, all three domain scores except the social relationship domain had significant associations with overall QoL or general health. The results suggest that the WHOQOL-BREF was reliable and valid to health professionals in the assessment of the QoL of college-based Thai youth, but some unsuitable items may be deleted in future studies.
Descriptors: College Students, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Correlation, Models, Item Analysis, Scores, Item Response Theory, Social Indicators, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand
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