Evaluation of the Chinese Version Youth Quality of Life-Deafness Specific Scale in the patients with deafness / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To verify the reliability and validity of the Youth Quality of Life-Deafness Specific Scale (YQOL-DHH) in Chinese version. Methods In order to local and revise the YQOL-DHH, 193 deafnessadolescents were selected as the research objects by convenient sampling. The Chinese version ofYQOL-DHH and WHOQOL-DIS Scales for PD were applied to carry out the investigation. Results 32 items of the original scale were reserved in the Chinese version of the YQOL-DHH.By exploratory factor analysis, the scale could be divided intoself-acceptance, stigma and social participation, which could explain 76.8％ of variability; there was a significant correlation between the factors and the total score (P<0.01);the total content validity of the scale was 0.95;the score of the scale was significantly correlated with the correlation coefficient of WHO-DIS score (P<0.01). The Cronbachαcoefficient of the scale was 0.911 and the test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.634. Conclusions The Chinese version of YQOL-DHH has good reliability and validity, which can be used to measure the quality of life of deafnessyouth.