TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural adaptation of the WHOQOL questionnaire for Taiwan
AU - Yao, Grace
AU - Wang, Jung Der
AU - Chung, Chih Wen
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the National Science Council (NSC 87-2312-B-002-001, NSC 87-2413-H-002-021, NSC 88-2314-B-002-344, NSC 89-2312-B-002-001, NSC 94-2413-H-002-018, NSC 95-2413-H-002-002, NHRI-EX94-9204PP).
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - This brief report describes cultural adaptation of the WMOQOL-100 questionnaire for Taiwan. The standard cultural adaptation procedure was used for questionnaire translation, response scale generation, and national items design. A field test was conducted on 1068 participants randomly selected from 17 hospitals all over Taiwan. Several psychometric criteria were used for selecting 12 out of the 20 national items previously proposed from three focus groups. In terms of reliability and validity, the psychometric properties of the culturally adapted WHOQOL questionnaire are good and the values are comparable with those in studies conducted in 15 countries.
AB - This brief report describes cultural adaptation of the WMOQOL-100 questionnaire for Taiwan. The standard cultural adaptation procedure was used for questionnaire translation, response scale generation, and national items design. A field test was conducted on 1068 participants randomly selected from 17 hospitals all over Taiwan. Several psychometric criteria were used for selecting 12 out of the 20 national items previously proposed from three focus groups. In terms of reliability and validity, the psychometric properties of the culturally adapted WHOQOL questionnaire are good and the values are comparable with those in studies conducted in 15 countries.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60012-6
DO - 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60012-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 17660151
AN - SCOPUS:34547917968
VL - 106
SP - 592
EP - 597
JO - Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
SN - 0929-6646
IS - 7
ER -