P. Castrogiovanni, A. Goracci,M. Martinucci, U. Scalcione, L. Bossini - Vol. 10, December 2004, Issue 4
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Questionario per la Valutazione della Qualità
della Vita nei soggetti sani (VQV-ss): elaborazione di un nuovo strumento
per l’assessment della Qualità della Vita nella popolazione generale
Questionnaire for the Assessment of Quality of Life in Healthy Subjects
(VQV-ss): elaboration of a new instrument
for the assessment of quality of life in the general population
Objective
The aim of our study was the elaboration of a new questionnaire for the assessment
of Quality of Life (QoL) in subjects not affected by any General Medical Condition
or psychiatric disorder.
Methods
We recruited 200 healthy subjects from the general population; they rated
themselves on the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire
(Q-LES-Q) and the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Quality of Life in Healthy
Subjects (VQV-ss), that we elaborated.
Results
The VQV-ss showed a good inner consistency (0,8775). The Concurrent validity
was estimated by means of the correlations between the VQV-ss and the Q-LES-Q
total score (r = 0,566; p < 0,001). The correlation between the item 71
score and the total one of the VQV-ss, representative of the total subject’s
QoL (r = 0,674; p = 0,01), witnessed the overall sensitivity and specificity
of the VQV-ss. Factorial analysis of the VQV-ss identified 6 main factors,
able to explain, altogether, the 37,55% of the total variance.
Conclusions
The VQV-ss appears to be sufficiently reliable and valid, since shows a good
inner consistency and the scores obtained with this instrument correlate in
significantly with those of the Q-LES-Q, a validated and widely used instrument.