Development and validation of the short version of the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB-S).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The PGWBI is a 22-item health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) questionnaire developed in US which produces a self-perceived evaluation of psychological well-being expressed by a summary score. The PGWBI has been validated and used in many countries on large samples of the general population and on specific patient groups. Recently a study was carried out in Italy to reduce the number of items of the original questionnaire, yielding the creation of a shorter validated version of the questionnaire (PGWB-S). The purpose of the present paper is to describe the methods adopted and to report and discuss the relevance of results.

Methods

Data for this study were collected from 4 different population samples: two general population samples a student and a patient sample.

SUBMITTER: Grossi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1647268 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature