A community-based study of scaling assumptions and construct validity of the English (UK) and Chinese (HK) SF-36 in Singapore
A community-based study of scaling assumptions and construct validity of the English (UK) and Chinese (HK) SF-36 in Singapore
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1016701514299
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Boey, ML
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作者：
Thumboo, J;Fong, KY;Boey, ML
在新加坡对5503名华人、马来人和印度人进行的社区调查中，采用国际生活质量评估项目的项目和量表水平验证方法，评估了英文（英国）和中文（香港）简明健康调查表（SF-36）的标度假设和效度。SF-36项目和量表的缺失数据发生在不到1.0%的受试者中。两个版本的项目水平验证普遍支持的假设基础李克特评分和假设的项目顺序聚类。项目水平因素分析支持SF-36的8个量表结构。在量表水平验证中，SF-36量表得分显示出广泛的变异性和可接受的内部一致性信度（6个英文和7个中文量表的Cronbach's alpha > 0.70），符合假设模式，并且通常根据生活质量不同的受试者的假设而变化。两个版本的尺度水平的因素分析产生了非常相似的模式的因素相关性，在日本发现的，但不同的西方人口。总而言之，这些结果支持SF-36英文（英国）和中文（香港）版本在新加坡多种族亚洲社会文化背景下的有效性。
Scaling assumptions and validity of the English (UK) and Chinese (HK) short form 36 health survey (SF-36) were assessed in a community-based survey of 5503 Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore using the international quality of life assessment project approach of item and scale level validation. Missing data for SF-36 items and scales occurred in less than 1.0% of subjects. Item level validation of both versions generally supported assumptions underlying Likert scoring and hypothesised item-order clustering. Item level factor analysis supported the eight-scale structure of the SF-36. In scale level validation, SF-36 scale scores showed wide variability and acceptable internal-consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.70 for six English and seven Chinese scales), conformed to hypothesised patterns and generally varied according to hypotheses in subjects known to differ in quality of life. Scale level factor analysis of both versions yielded very similar patterns of factor correlation, comparable to that found in Japan, but differing from that seen in Western populations. Taken together, these results support the validity of the English (UK) and Chinese (HK) SF-36 versions in the multi-ethnic Asian socio-cultural context of Singapore.