Reliability and validity of MINICHAL for hypertension patients in colleges and universities
LI Tao
WANG Xin
WANG Zeng-wu
HE Min-mei
CHEN Zuo
TIAN Ye
TANG Xin-hua
YIN Xin-hua
GUAN Xiu-ping
ZHU Man-lu
GAO Run-lin
Abstract：Objectives To study the reliability and validity of the application of the Hypertension Quality of Life Questionnaire ( the Mini-Cuestionario of Calidad de Vida en la Hipertensión Arterial, MINICHAL) in hypertensive patients in our country, and to provide an effective tool for the evaluation of the quality of life of hypertensive patients in colleges and universities.Method The MINICHAL was investigated in 681 hypertensive patients who were screened out of eight college employees in China. The reliability of the MINICHAL was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha and Pearson correlation coefficient. The structural validity of the questionnaire was evaluated by factor analysis.Results The results of reliability analysis showed that the internal consistency of alpha MINICHAL questionnaire reliability coefficient was 0.825, factor 1 ("State of mind" dimension) Cronbach 's alpha value was 0.814, the factor 2 ("Somatic manifestations" dimension) Cronbach's alpha value was 0.816. The results of structure validity analysis showed that the cumulative variance contribution rate is 40.171%. the items 10 in the questionnaire should have been classified as factor 1 ("State of mind" dimension), but in this study items 10 was classified as to the factor 2 ("Somatic manifestations" dimension).Conclusion MINICHAL questionnaire has good reliability and validity, and it is suitable for evaluating the quality of life of workers with high blood pressure in colleges and universities.
Keywords：Colleges and universities staffsReliabilityValidityMINICHAL
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 667-670 )