Psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) instrument in seven European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To make efficient use of available resources, decision-makers in healthcare may assess the costs and (health) benefits of health interventions. For interventions aimed at improving mental health capturing the full health benefits is an important challenge. The Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) instrument was recently developed to meet this challenge. Evaluating the pyschometric properties of this instrument in different contexts remains important.

Methods

A psychometric evaluation of the MHQoL was performed using existing international, cross-sectional data with 7155 respondents from seven European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom). Reliability was examined by calculating Cronbach's alpha,

SUBMITTER: Enzing JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434504 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature