Measuring Population Health from a Broader Perspective: Assessing the My Quality of Life Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Population health perspectives increasingly focus on people's perception of resilience, ability to adapt and self-manage. The goal of this study is to determine whether the MijnKwaliteitVanLeven.nl ("MyQualityOfLife.nl") survey is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the broader health perspectives at population level.

Methods

19,809 entries of the MyQualityOfLife.nl survey were used. To assess face validity, Huber's six dimensions of positive health were used as a framework for expert feedback. A confirmative factor analyses was done using the expert's item clustering, followed by data-driven explorative factor analyses and reliability tests.

Results

Experts distributed 74 of the 118 items over all six dimensions of positive health. The c

SUBMITTER: Hendrikx RJP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524552 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature