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Objectives:
The Minimum European Health Module (MEHM) consists of 3 global questions concerning 3 health domains: self-perceived health, chronic conditions and long-term activity limitation. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the reliability of the MEHM.
Methods:
Participants of the Belgian Food Consumption Survey were interviewed twice: 170 individuals were selected for the MEHM reliability evaluation. For each of the 3 questions Pearson and Kappa coefficients were estimated. Analyses were stratified by gender, age, education, language and time between the interviews.
Results:
The Pearson correlations are between 0.73 and 0.81. The Kappa estimates are good or excellent: 0.74 (self-perceived health), 0.77 (chronic conditions) and 0.68 (activity limitation). Also stratified analyses indicated in general an acceptable reliability.
Conclusion:
The MEHM has an acceptable reliability.
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Submitted: 10 December 2007; revised: 13 May 2008; accepted: 02 October 2008
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Cox, B., Oyen, H.V., Cambois, E. et al. The reliability of the Minimum European Health Module. Int J Public Health 54, 55–60 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-7104-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-7104-y