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Cross-national comparability of the WHOQOL-BREF: a measurement invariance approach.

Peter Theuns1, Joeri Hofmans, Mehrdad Mazaheri, Frederik Van Acker, Jan L Bernheim.   

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether the WHOQOL-BREF measures the QOL construct in the same way across nations.
METHODS: Students from Flanders, Belgium and Iran completed the WHOQOL-BREF as part of a larger Quality of Life questionnaire. Their responses were compared using a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.
RESULTS: In general, the QOL construct appears rather similar in both cultures; however, participants from both countries seem to respond differently to particular items of the WHOQOL-BREF. Especially for the physical and psychological domain, this is problematic, because none of their indicators works in the same way across samples.
CONCLUSIONS: Notwithstanding some limitations of this study, it must be concluded that the WHOQOL-BREF should only be used with great caution in cross-national comparisons. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

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Year:  2010        PMID： 20087777     DOI： 10.1007/s11136-009-9577-9

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Qual Life Res        ISSN： 0962-9343            Impact factor:   4.147


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