Development and Validation of a Novel Generic Health-related Quality of Life Instrument With 20 Items (HINT-20).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few attempts have been made to develop a generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument and to examine its validity and reliability in Korea. We aimed to do this in our present study.

Methods

After a literature review of existing generic HRQoL instruments, a focus group discussion, in-depth interviews, and expert consultations, we selected 30 tentative items for a new HRQoL measure. These items were evaluated by assessing their ceiling effects, difficulty, and redundancy in the first survey. To validate the HRQoL instrument that was developed, known-groups validity and convergent/discriminant validity were evaluated and its test-retest reliability was examined in the second survey.

Results

Of the 30 items originally assessed for the HRQoL instrum

SUBMITTER: Jo MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5327678 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature