scholarly journals Evaluation of the health-related quality of life using the 36-item short form health survey in patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving pegylated interferon/ribavirin/telaprevir triple treatment

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 3353-3358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuyuki Suzuki ◽  
Toru Ishikawa ◽  
Ai Sakuma ◽  
Satoshi Abe ◽  
Hiroko Abe ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 843-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Batista dos Santos Pedrosa ◽  
Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues ◽  
Kátia Melissa Padilha ◽  
Maria Cecília B.J. Gallani ◽  
Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre

Este estudo estimou a validade de constructo pelo teste de grupos conhecidos do Instrumento para Mensuração do Impacto da Doença no Cotidiano do Valvopata (IDCV) quanto a sinais e sintomas, função ventricular sistólica, fração de ejeção do ventrículo esquerdo (FEVE) e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QVRS) em 153 coronariopatas em seguimento ambulatorial. Os dados foram obtidos pela aplicação do IDCV e das versões brasileiras do The Medical Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey – SF-36 e MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnair e. Foi utilizado o teste de Mann-Whitney para verificar a capacidade do IDCV em discriminar o impacto quanto a sinais e sintomas, FEVE e disfunção sistólica ventricular, bem como o teste de Kruskal-Wallis para verificar seu poder de discriminação em relação à QVRS. Constatou-se que o IDCV discriminou o impacto entre aqueles que pontuaram nos quartis (≤Q1, Q1-Q3, ≥Q3) de QVRS. Os achados deste estudo contribuem para o refinamento do IDCV na mensuração do impacto da doença entre coronariopatas.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252864
Author(s):  
Nathasha Udugampolage ◽  
Rosario Caruso ◽  
Mariangela Panetta ◽  
Edward Callus ◽  
Federica Dellafiore ◽  
...  

Introduction The structural validity and reliability of the Short-Form Health Survey 12 (SF-12) has not yet been tested in adults with the Marfan syndrome (MFS). This gap could undermine an evidence-grounded practice and research, especially considering that the need to assess health-related quality of life in patients with MFS has increased due to the improved life expectancy of these patients and the need to identify their determinants of quality of life. For this reason, this study aimed to confirm the dimensionality (structural validity) of the SF-12, its concurrent validity, and its reliability (internal consistency). Methods We performed a cross-sectional study in a convenience sample of 111 Italian adults with MFS, collecting anamnestic and socio-demographic information, the SF-12, and short-form Health Survey 36 (SF-36). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify whether the items of SF-12 related to physical restrictions, physical functioning, and bodily pain were retained by the physical summary component of the SF-12. The items referred to the role limitations due to emotional issues, social functioning, and mental health were retained by the mental summary component (MCS12). SF-36 was used to assess the concurrent validity of SF-12, hypothesizing positive correlations among the equivalent summary scores. Results The two-factor structural solution resulted in fitting the sample statistics adequately. The internal consistency was adequate for the two factors. Furthermore, the physical and mental summary scores of the SF-36 were positively correlated with their equivalent summary scores derived from the SF-12. Conclusions This study confirmed the factor structure of the SF-12. Therefore, the use of SF-12 in clinical practice and research for assessing the health-related quality of life among adults with MFS is evidence-grounded. Future research is recommended to determine whether the SF-12 shows measurement invariance in different national contexts and determine eventual demographic variation in the SF-12 scores among patients with MFS.


2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Ching Yang ◽  
Jen-Son Cheng ◽  
Shu-Wen Yu

The relationship between various leisure lifestyles (LLS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was analyzed. The 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36; Ware, Kosinski, & Keller, 1994) was completed by 622 residents of Taiwan. Factor analysis resulted in 6 dimensions of leisure lifestyle: preferred travel, self-realization, morning action, exercise loving, homebody, and social support. The scores for self-realization were the highest and the scores for morning action the lowest. Cluster analysis was applied to categorize the respondents into 4 leisure lifestyle groups: morning exercisers, traveling and social people, static recreation people, and active exercisers. In general, those groups of people for whom their LLS included more exercise had a better HRQoL.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Omar Al Omari ◽  
Abdullah Alkhawaldeh ◽  
Mohammed ALBashtawy ◽  
Jamal Qaddumi ◽  
Margo B. Holm ◽  
...  

Background and PurposeThe Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) is a commonly used measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study was to review research articles that used the SF-12v2 survey for three age groups: adolescents, young to middle-aged adults, and middle to older-aged adults.MethodsEBSCO, CINAHL, and Ovid Journal databases were searched, and 12 articles were identified.ResultsWe found that the SF-12v2 was used with diverse age groups. Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from 0.60 to 0.87, which support the internal consistency and reliability. The convergent validity of the SF-12v2 was supported in some studies.ConclusionsThe current line of evidence indicated that the SF-12v2 is easy to use, reliable, and valid. Future research needs to evaluate the population health status and HRQOL changes over time.


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