Assessing suboptimal health status in the Saudi population: Translation and validation of the SHSQ-25 questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suboptimal Health Status (SHS) is realised as a vital feature for improving global health. However, the Arabian world does not have a validated instrument for screening SHS in their population. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of Arabic-translated SHS (ASHSQ-25) in the Saudi Arabian population.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among the conveniently sampled 1590 participants from the Saudi population (with a 97.4% response rate). The data was gathered through an online survey and then exported into SPSS and AMOS version 26.0 for analysis. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to identify the median difference between demographic groups. The one-tailed 90% upper limit of SHS scores was chosen as the cut-off cr

SUBMITTER: Alzain MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10836270 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature