Frequency Analysis of the Alternative Answers Used in the Assessment of Psychology and Quality of Life / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
; (12)2002.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-583918
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To provide standardized alternative answers with the feature of equal intervals in the quality of life assessment.Methods:
We collected 131 questionnaires (123 for psychological test and 8 for quality of life assessment). The SPSS 10.0 was used to analyze the frequency distribution of the alternative answers used in these questionnaires.Results:
The most commonly used design for alternative answers is five levels, which comprises 31.68% of the total designs, followed by four levels (21.99%) and three levels (13.35%). The words used in the alternative answer show great diversities.Conclusion:
We recommend that the alternative answers be designed as five levels, it is better to apply commonly used words in the alternative answer and have a feature of equal interval.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article