scholarly journals Reference values for the short forms of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Fan Lee ◽  
Hwee Lin Wee ◽  
Irene Teo ◽  
Geok Ling Lee ◽  
Julian Thumboo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Caregiver Quality ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Domain Scores

Abstract Purpose The 15- and 10-item short forms of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10) were recently developed as a quick assessment of caregiver quality of life. Reference values describing the distribution of the total and domain scores are available for the full-length version, but they are not yet available for the short forms. This study aimed to estimate the reference values for the short forms. Methods Data from a cross-sectional survey of 612 family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Singapore were fitted in quantile regression models. Percentiles were estimated by regressing the short forms’ scores on caregiver characteristics. Classification by the reference values for the short forms and the full-length version were compared and agreement was evaluated. Results The caregiver’s role in caring for the patient and the patient’s performance status were associated with the percentiles of the total scores and most domain scores (each Bonferroni-adjusted p-value, PB, < 0.05). Higher-educated caregivers were categorized into higher percentiles according to the SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10 total scores and the SCQOLS-15 Mental Well-being and Financial Well-being domain scores (each PB < 0.05). Ethnicity was associated with the SCQOLS-15 Physical Well-being and Experience & Meaning domains (each PB < 0.05). The percentiles for the short forms showed moderate to substantial agreement with those for the full-length version in terms of classifying caregivers into percentile intervals (quadratic-weighted Kappa = 0.72 to 0.92). Conclusion Reference values for the SCQOLS-15 and SCQOLS-10 were estimated in relation to caregiver characteristics to facilitate interpretation of the short form scores.

scholarly journals Two valid and reliable short forms of the Singapore caregiver quality of life scale were developed: SCQOLS-10 and SCQOLS-15

2020 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Yin Bun Cheung ◽  
Shirlyn H.S. Neo ◽  
Grace M. Yang ◽  
Geok Ling Lee ◽  
Irene Teo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Caregiver Quality ◽  
Life Scale

scholarly journals Development of a short form of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale – Dementia: SCQOLS-D-15

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Fan Lee ◽  
Dennis C. C. Seow ◽  
Irene Teo ◽  
Shirlyn H. S. Neo ◽  
Grace M. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Long Form ◽  
Caregiver Quality ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Domain Scores

Abstract Purpose The Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale – Dementia (SCQOLS-D), developed based on the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (SCQOLS), comprises 5 domains and 63 items. It has been shown to be a valid and reliable measurement scale. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a short form of the SCQOLS-D. Methods Data were collected from 102 family caregivers of person with dementia in Singapore. Candidate items were shortlisted by factor analysis, correlation and best subset regression. Shortlisted items with the best measurement properties including correlations with the long form and other established measures, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were identified. Their properties were compared with the corresponding domain scores in the long form of SCQOLS-D and a short form of the SCQOLS. A total score based on the average of the domain scores was also evaluated. Results A total of fifteen items, two to four items per domain, were selected. The total and domain scores generated from these items strongly correlated with the corresponding score of the long form (correlation coefficients: 0.83–0.97). The short and long forms had comparable correlation coefficients with Negative Personal Impact and Positive Personal Impact measures. The short form showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.84–0.92) and test-retest reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient: 0.72–0.93). These 15 items form the SCQOLS-D-15, an abbreviated version of the SCQOLS-D. Conclusion The SCQOLS-D-15 showed acceptable measurement properties. This serves as an alternative to the SCQOLS-D to provide rapid assessment of the overall and domain-specific quality of life of caregivers of persons with dementia.

scholarly journals Development and evaluation of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale - Dementia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Bun Cheung ◽  
Irene Teo ◽  
Wee Shiong Lim ◽  
Allyn Hum ◽  
Shirlyn H. S. Neo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Caregiver Quality ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Domain Scores

Abstract Purpose To develop and evaluate a measurement scale for multi-domain assessment of the quality of life of family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) in Singapore, a multi-ethic society in South-East Asia where English is the lingua franca. Methods Items from the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (SCQOLS), which was originally developed in the context of advanced cancers, were adopted as candidate items. Furthermore, a multi-disciplinary panel reviewed dementia-specific caregiver quality of life scales to identified items not covered in SCQOLS for inclusion as candidate items. A pilot study of 31 family caregivers of PWD was conducted to solicit inputs on candidate items; 102 family caregivers of PWD were surveyed for evaluation of the scale’s measurement properties. Results Factor analysis confirmed a 5-domain structure of the 63 candidate items. The Root Mean Square Error of Approximation was 0.056 and Comparative Fit Index was 0.928. Convergent validity of the total and domain scores was demonstrated in terms of correlation with the Brief Assessment Scale for Caregivers and its sub-scales. The scores also showed an expected pattern of correlation with hours spent on caregiving per week. Known-group validity was demonstrated by differences in mean scores between functional staging groups. Cronbach’s alpha of the total and domain scores ranged from 0.89 to 0.95. Test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient) ranged from 0.77 to 0.92. Conclusions The Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale – Dementia (SCQOLS-D) is a quality of life measurement scale for family caregivers of persons with dementia that is valid and reliable.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic and Quality of Life among Romanian Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4065
Author(s):  
Germina-Alina Cosma ◽  
Alina Chiracu ◽  
Amalia Raluca Stepan ◽  
Marian Alexandru Cosma ◽  
Marian Costin Nanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Personality Item ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to analyze athletes’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 249 athletes between 15 and 35 of age, M = 21.22, SD = 5.12. The sample was composed of eight Olympic Games medalists, three European medalists, 67 international medalists, and 63 national medalists. The instruments used were: (1) COVID-19 Anxiety Scale, (2) Athlete Quality of Life Scale, (3) Impact of Pandemic on Athletes Questionnaire, and (4) International Personality Item Pool (IPIP Anxiety, Depression, and Vulnerability Scales). The results indicate significant differences in COVID-19 anxiety depending on the sport practiced, F (9239) = 3.81, p < 0.01, showing that there were significant differences between sports. The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic mediates the relationship between trait anxiety and the athletes’ quality of life. The percentage of mediation was 33.9%, and the indirect effect was −0.11, CI 95% (−0.18, −0.03), Z = −2.82, p < 0.01. Trait anxiety has an increasing effect on the intensity of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 0.23, CI 95% (.10, 0.35), Z = 3.56, p < 0.01, and the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has a decreasing effect on quality of life, −0.47, CI 95% (−0.67, −0.27), Z = −4.62, p < 0.01. Gender and age did not moderate the relationship between the negative impact of COVID-19 and athletes’ quality of life. The results of the study highlighted the impact that social isolation and quarantine have on athletes’ affective well-being.

scholarly journals Correlates of quality of life in adulthood: Socio-demographic correlates

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-129
Author(s):  
Ivana Davidovic ◽  
Jelica Petrovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Demographic Correlates ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates

The main purpose of this research was testing the quality of life in adults in Serbia. In order to obtain a more detailed picture, the sociodemographic correlates of quality of life were examined. The sample included 153 participants of both genders, aged 30-50 with different professional qualifications. The research involves both objective and subjective evaluation of quality of life in seven domains: material well-being, health, productivity, intimacy, safety, well-being inside a larger community and emotional well-being. For the purpose of the research an adapted version of the instrument ComQol (Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale, Adult, fifth edition, Cummins, 1997) was used. The highest level was estimated in areas such as intimacy, health, safety and productivity whereas the lowest level outcame for material well-being and content with a place in a community. Results also show significant differences in quality of life among certain socio-demographic groups, mainly between younger and older, examinees of different genders, educational degrees and marital statuses. Given results provide guidelines for future researches of quality of life in Serbia, therefore they are practical implications important for designing and implementing of programmess for advancement of weak domains in life quality for adults, beside the preventive programmes which would maintain higher quality levels of life already achieved.

scholarly journals Penerimaan dan Kualitas Hidup Caregiver dengan Kekambuhan pada Pasien Rawat Jalan Skizofrenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Medina Hayati ◽  
Rin Widya Agustin ◽  
Rahmah Saniatuzzulfa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Patient Acceptance ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Caregiver Quality ◽  
Life Scale

<p><strong>Abstract. </strong><em>Relapse is a state of recurrence and worsening symptom experienced by patient. Acceptance and quality of life of caregivers can affect their attitude toward patient and might be affecting the possibility of schizophrenia relapse</em>. <em>This study intended to seek the correlation between caregiver’s acceptance and quality of life with relapse of schizophrenia outpatient in Surakarta Regional Psychiatric Hospital that involved 35 caregivers with incidental sampling technique. The measurement used on this study are BPRS for assessing schizophrenia relapse (α = 0,908), Caregiver Acceptance Scale (α = 0,934), and Caregiver Quality of Life Scale (α = 0,960). This study used multiple linear regression analysis to analyze the output.</em> <em>Based on the data showed that the level of acceptance and quality of life perceived by caregivers didn’t affect the likelihood of relapse of schizophrenia outpatient in Surakarta Regional Psychiatric Hospital.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>Acceptance, Caregiver, Schizophrenia Relapse, Quality of Life</em><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak.</strong><em> </em><em>Relapse </em>merupakan keadaan muncul kembali dan bertambah parah simptom yang dialami oleh pasien skizofrenia. Penerimaan dan kualitas hidup dari <em>caregiver </em>dapat mempengaruhi sikapnya dalam merawat pasien sehingga mungkin mempengaruhi kemungkinan terjadinya <em>relapse</em>. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara penerimaan dan kualitas hidup <em>caregiver</em> dengan <em>relapse </em>pada pasien rawat jalan skizofrenia di RSJ Daerah Surakarta yang melibatkan 35 <em>caregiver</em> dengan teknik <em>incidental sampling</em>. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Skala <em>Relapse </em>Skizofrenia (α = 0,908), Skala Penerimaan <em>Caregiver </em>(α = 0,934), dan Skala Kualitas Hidup <em>Caregiver </em>(α = 0,960). Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan uji regresi linear berganda. Berdasarkan hasil data penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkatan penerimaan dan kualitas hidup dari <em>caregiver </em>tidak memiliki pengaruh terhadap munculnya <em>relapse </em>pada pasien rawat jalan skizofrenia di RSJ Daerah Surakarta.</p><strong>Kata Kunci: </strong><em>Caregiver</em>, Kualitas Hidup, Penerimaan,<em> Relapse </em>Skizofrenia

scholarly journals Instrumentos de avaliação de qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde no diabetes melito

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 931-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Clayton Torres Aguiar ◽  
Anya Pimentel G. Fernandes Vieira ◽  
André Ferrer Carvalho ◽  
Renan M. Montenegro-Junior
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Impact Measurement ◽  
Measurement Scales ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

A avaliação da qualidade de vida (QV) vem se tornando cada vez mais utilizada para medir o impacto geral de doenças na vida dos indivíduos. O diabetes melito (DM) é uma doença crônica associada com morbimortalidade elevada e prejuízo na QV. Em estudos longitudinais, o impacto psicossocial da DM prediz a mortalidade nessa doença. Esta revisão busca descrever e analisar os principais instrumentos de avaliação da QV em pacientes com DM. Foram analisados instrumentos genéricos, como Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB), The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) e EuroQol (EQ-5D), e instrumentos específicos, como Diabetes Care Profile (DCP), Diabetes Quality of Life Measure (DQOL), Diabetes Impact Measurement Scales (DIMS), Appraisal of Diabetes Scale (ADS), Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL), Diabetes Health Profile (DHP-1 e DHP-18), Questionnaire on Stress in Patients with Diabetes-Revised (QSD-R), Well-Being Enquiry for Diabetics (WED), Diabetes-Specific Quality-of-life Scale (DSQOLS), Diabetes 39 (D-39) e Problems Areas in Diabetes (PAID). O PAID é o único instrumento traduzido e validado para uso no Brasil. Tanto os instrumentos genéricos quanto os específicos têm vantagens e desvantagens na aferição da QV de pacientes com DM. O uso combinado de instrumentos genéricos (como o SF-36) e específicos (como o PAID) parece ser uma forma consistente de avaliação da QV em pacientes diabéticos no Brasil. O presente artigo revisa os vários instrumentos e enfatiza a necessidade urgente de estudos para validação desses instrumentos em pacientes diabéticos brasileiros.

scholarly journals Neki tipovi valjanosti i pouzdanosti dviju skala vjerovanja u pravedan svijet

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Ćubela ◽  
Ana Proroković ◽  
Ljiljana Gregov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Just World ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Personal Domain ◽  
Life Scale

Almost three decades of research on individual differences in the Belief in a Just World (BJW) provided strong evidence of their relationship with measurements of a number of other constructs such as authoritarianism, religiosity, locus of control, attitudes toward (under)privileged, neuroticism, life satisfaction and other indicators of well-being. This paper presents some psychometric characteristics of the General BJW scale (Dalbert et al., 1987) and the Personal BJW scale (Dalbert, 1993) that were established in their first administration to a group of 206 students at the Faculty of Science and Arts in Zadar. Both scales were found to be reliable, one-factor measures of two relatively separated aspects of the BJW. Consistently with findings at previous studies, the level of endorsement of BJW statements in our study was significantly higher for the Personal than the General BJW scale. The analysis of BJW scales correlations with the ratings of different aspects of life satisfaction, as measured by the Quality of Life scale (Krizmanić and Kolesarić, 1992), supported lite assumption that the BJW (especially in the personal domain) is a significant contributor in explaining the variance of life satisfaction ratings.

scholarly journals A szakmai élet minőségét mérő kérdőív (Professional Quality of Life Scale) magyar változatának validálása

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 (35) ◽  
pp. 1441-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Kegye ◽  
Szabolcs Takács ◽  
Borbála Ries ◽  
Ágnes Zana ◽  
Katalin Hegedűs
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Professional Quality Of Life ◽  
Professional Quality ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Hospice Workers

Abstract: Introduction: The Professional Quality of Life Scale, measuring the quality of professional life, has been developed to examine the positive and negative changes in the work of those who have undergone extremely stressful experiences. The quality of life of the personnel of palliative-hospice teams may be influenced physically as well as emotionally by their every-day experiences of suffering, death, dying and the patients’ traumas. Aim: The aim of the study was the examination of the psychometric features and factor structure of the Hungarian version of the Professional Quality of Life Scale questionnaire, which can measure compassion fatigue and satisfaction, secondary traumatisation and burnout. Our long-term objective is the development of formative and intervention strategies for hospice workers in order to increase their satisfaction, physical and mental well-being and their willingness to work in hospice. Method: The cross-sectional, questionnaire study was made with hospice workers. The questionnaires were available in an anonym, printed form. We used the Hungarian versions of the Shortened Maastricht Vital Exhaustion Questionnaire and of the Shortened Beck Depression Scale, of the CES-D Depression Scale and of the Shortened WHO General Well-Being Scale to validate. Statistical analysis: IBM SPSS 23.0© software was used for the analysis. To explore the factor structure of the measurement scale, explorative factor analysis was made (analysis of the main component, Varimax rotation); subsequently, 4 scales were prepared the Cronbach-alpha values of which were suitable for further examination. Results: 188 questionnaires were sent back (female 86.2%, male 13.8%); the majority work as nurses and in home hospice care (94 people). The inner consistency of the created 4 scales is acceptable according to the Cronbach-alpha values. The inner consistency of the questions regarding burnout is low. The correlation of our measurement scales with the standardised scales for outer validity has sufficient strength and direction. Conclusions: Our questionnaire can measure the phenomena under examination according to the expected values, with suitable consistency on the basis of the inner and outer indicators. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(35): 1441–1449.

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