Study on reliability and validity of Chinese revised version of old people quality of life questionnaire
Chen Yu
Abstract：Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese revised version of old people quality of life questionnaire(C OPQOL).Methods:Some items of Chinese version of OPQOL were revised to form a re-vised version of Chinese version of OPQOL.A total of 960 elderly people in Shanghai city were selected investi-gated.Construct validity and internal consistency were used to analyze the reliability and validity of the ques-tionnaire.Results:Exploratory factor analysis indicated seven factors accounting for 6 1 .2 6% of the total vari-ance.The loadings of some items in the revised C OPQOL were more reasonable and explanatory compared with those in the C OPQOL.The Cronbach’sαcoefficient was 0.89 for the total scale and 0.73~0.90 for all dimensions.Which showed more satisfactory internal consistency.Conclusion:The revised C OPQOL had bet-ter reliability and validity as a useful and reliable instrument to measure the elderly quality of life in China.
Keywords：elderlyquality of lifeelderly quality of life questionnairereliabilityvalidity
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 3120-3122 )