Development and evaluation of quality of life scale for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
;
(12): 21-27, 2005.
Article
in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To develop a specific quality of life scale for Chinese Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients.@*METHODS@#According to the quality of life definition of WHO, we used methods adhered to the rigorous guidelines of instrument development in item pool formation, item selection and scale validation with the data of 236 Type 2 diabetic patients recruited.@*RESULTS@#An 87-item Quality of Life Scale for patients with Type 2 DM-prior test version ( DMQLS), including 5 domains ( disease, physical, social, psychological, and satisfaction ) was developed and showed good reliability and validity. The disease domain made up of Type 2 diabetes mellitus-specific sub-scale and the other 4 domains formed the generic sub-scale for adults. The test-retest correlation coefficient, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient and split-half reliability coefficient of DMQLS were 0.996, 0.969 and 0.879, respectively. Twenty-one common factors were extracted according to the conceptual model. The scale's correlations with SF-36 and Diabetes Quality of Life Measure ( DQOL ) were 0.763 and 0.658. DMQLS could discriminate among those with different quality of lives.@*CONCLUSION@#DMQLS is reliable, valid and sensitive, and can be used to evaluate the curative effect of Type 2 diabetic patients.
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Main subject:
Psychology
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Psychometrics
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Quality of Life
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Reference Standards
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Reproducibility of Results
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Evaluation studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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