Validation of the Korean version Moorehead-Ardelt quality of life questionnaire II.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the weight loss effects with higher sensitivity, disease specific quality of life (QoL) instruments were important. The Moorehead-Ardelt quality of life questionnaire II (MA-II) is widely used, because it was simple and validated the several languages. The aims of present study was performed the translation of MA-II Korean version and the validation compared with EuroQol-5 dimension (EQ-5D), obesity-related problems scale (OP-scale), and impact of weight quality of life-lite (IWQoL-Lite).

Methods

The study design was a multicenter, cross-sectional survey and this study was included the postoperative patients. The validation procedure is translation-back translation procedure, pilot study, and field study. The instruments of measuring QoL included the M

SUBMITTER: Lee YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4217256 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature