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Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 1/2010

01-02-2010 | Brief Communication

Is traditional rural lifestyle a barrier for quality of life assessment? A case study using the Short Form 36 in a rural Chinese population

Auteurs: Chaojie Liu, Ningxiu Li, Xiaohui Ren, Danping Liu

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 1/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

The majority of existing quality of life measures are based on urban-living environments. This study aimed at exploring the validity of using an urban-lifestyle-based health questionnaire with individuals living a traditional rural lifestyle.

Methods

The Short Form-36 (SF-36) interview was administered to 1603 rural Chinese residents. Semantic ambiguity of the items was investigated using tests of internal consistency, test–retest reliability, exploratory factor analysis, and clustering and ordering of item mean scores. The self-explanations from the respondents were adopted to interpret the implications of the changes in meanings of the items.

Results

Cronbach’s α reliability coefficients were high, whereas test–retest reliabilities were low. Consistent with the original factor structure, eight factors were extracted using exploratory factor analysis. However, the composition of these eight factors was not in full accordance with the priori assignment of items to scales. Seven items violated the clustering and ordering of item mean scores. The association between the identified problems in validity and the change in semantic meanings in the context of the rural lifestyle was established.

Conclusions

Quality of life assessment instruments based on urban-living arrangements may not be reliably used with individuals living in rural environments.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Is traditional rural lifestyle a barrier for quality of life assessment? A case study using the Short Form 36 in a rural Chinese population
Auteurs
Chaojie Liu
Ningxiu Li
Xiaohui Ren
Danping Liu
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9567-y

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