Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the "Personal Wellbeing Index-Adults" on adults with hearing impairment.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Personal Wellbeing Index-Adults (PWI-A) is the most widely used instrumentfor measuring subjective-quality of life (QoL). The current study seeks to investigate the constructvalidity and reliability of the Arabic version of the PWI-A on adults with bilateral hearingimpairment by comparing the single-factor solution with the two-factor solution. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Audio-Vestibular Medicine Unit of Alexandria University from July-2017 to January-2018. A total of 205 adults were interviewed tomeasure the subjective-QoL using the PWI-A instrument. Internal consistency was determinedusing both Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability (CR). Validity was assessed by constructvalidity, including ordinal regression, ordinal exploratory factor ana

SUBMITTER: Lotfy NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7420167 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature