The Korean Version of 4th Revision of Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale: Validation Study and Relationship with PANSS / 신경정신의학
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
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: 401-410, 2006.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-104324
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The present study was performed to verify the validity and value of 4th revision of Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS-R4) as an assessment tool in a Korean-language version (SQLS-R4K).METHODS:
The subjects for present study were 174 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia as defined by DSM-IV. The SQLS-R4K was administered together with self-report Korean version of World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) to assess validity. A subset of respondents also completed the SQLS-R4K for a second time to assess test-retest reliability. To evaluate the relationship SQLS-R4K and clinical characteristics, psychotic symptoms and general functioning were evaluated using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) score respectively.RESULTS:
All the scales of SQLS-R4K showed good internal consistency reliability. The correlations of items with their scale total revealed that all items were significantly correlated with their own scale score. In test-retest reliability, paired t-tests indicated that responses did not alter significantly between the two assessment. There was moderate correlation between WHOQOL-BREF sub-scores and SQLS-R4K score total. Also relevant correlations between PANSS, current GAF and SQLS-R4K were proved.CONCLUSION:
From the results of the testing the reliability and validity of the SQLS-R4K, it is concluded that the SQLS-R4K is a simple and reliable scale for measuring quality of life in schizophrenic patients.
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Schizophrenia
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Weights and Measures
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World Health Organization
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Reproducibility of Results
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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