Evaluating the reliability and validity of SF-8 with a large representative sample of urban Chinese

Li-hua, Lang; Lian-cheng, Zhang; Zhang, Ping; Li, Qian; Bian, Jiang; Guo, Yi

doi:10.1186/s12955-018-0880-4

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“…Besides this, the Spearman's correlation coefficient indicated a strong correlation of PCS and MCS with their respective domains. These results coincide with other findings, indicating that SF-8 has good reliability and correlation for measuring HRQOL [6,35,36]. Therefore, we suggest that SF-8 is a potential tool to measure health status among rural communities in Ethiopia and may contribute to cross-cultural comparison.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The Cronbach's α was described for the overall instrument, and a Cronbach's α coefficient of not less than 0.7 was generally considered sufficient to demonstrate internal consistency [40]. For item-total correlation, a value of >0.3 was considered to be an indicator that an item was connected to the overall scale [36]. In addition, Spearman's correlation coefficients replicated the correlation of eight dimensions and two aspects of the HRQOL.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…SF-8 is the most recent version of the HRQOL survey and has been widely used and tested in numerous different languages and applied in several countries around the world [5,6,[35][36][37][38]. The SF-8 has the practical advantage of being brief (only 8 questions, rather than 12 or 36) and so presents little burden to participants and data collectors while benefiting from conceptual appropriateness, established psychometric properties, ease of interpretation, and different cultural adaptations [5,6,[35][36][37][38]. The SF-8 questionnaire contains 8 single-item parameters, which represent 8 domains of general physical and mental health: general health (GH), physical functioning (PF), role physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), vitality (VT), social function (SF), mental health (MH), and emotional role (RE).…”

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The Influence of Income and Livelihood Diversification on Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural Ethiopia

Majbauddin

Otani

Tsunekawa

et al. 2020

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Examining health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a rural setting can be beneficial for improving rural household policies and fostering public health promotion. The objective of this study was to measure the HRQOL and associated socioeconomic characteristics as well as test the reliability of the Amharic version of SF-8 (eight-item short form of HRQOL survey). A cross-sectional study was employed in three agroecologically different sites in rural Ethiopia, involving 270 household heads (218 male and 52 female) with a mean age ± standard deviation of 49 ± 12.88 years. The survey material consisted of a structured questionnaire for socioeconomic characteristics and SF-8 for HRQOL. The mean physical and mental component summary score of the whole sample was 30.50 ± 12.18 and 34.40 ± 7.26, respectively, well underneath the instrument average of 50. The SF-8 items showed excellent internal consistency in terms of both Cronbach's α coefficients and item-total correlation. In stepwise multiple linear regression, the low-income group had worse self-perceived physical health than the higher-income groups. Likewise, a diversified livelihood had a profound influence on positive self-perceived physical health. These findings imply that developing and distributing wide-ranging socioeconomic and public health policies is crucial for effective health promotion in rural communities.

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“…The Short Form-8 (SF-8) Health Survey was conducted to measure QOL, which was derived from the Short Form-36 Health Survey. SF-8 can be completed in one to 2 mins, and can yield scores comparable to the Short Form-36 [35]. The Chinese version of SF-8 was translated and tested by Wang et al, and demonstrated good internal consistency reliability and criterion validity [35,36].…”

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“…SF-8 can be completed in one to 2 mins, and can yield scores comparable to the Short Form-36 [35]. The Chinese version of SF-8 was translated and tested by Wang et al, and demonstrated good internal consistency reliability and criterion validity [35,36]. Therefore, SF-8 has been applied to Chinese occupational groups [37].…”

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Mediating role of occupational stress and job satisfaction on the relationship between neuroticism and quality of life among Chinese civil servants: a structural equation model

Kong

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background: Knowledge on the quality of life (QOL) of civil servants is limited. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate the QOL of civil servants, and examine whether occupational stress and job satisfaction mediated the association between neuroticism and QOL in civil servants from Shandong, China. Methods: The cross-sectional study included 559 civil servants aged 27 to 60 years from Shandong province in China. Participants completed questionnaires assessing neuroticism, occupational stress, job satisfaction, and QOL. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to examine the hypothetical model. Results: Among the civil servants, the average score for QOL was 75.49 ± 14.73. The SEM analysis showed a good fit of the data to the hypothesized model. Neuroticism, occupational stress, and job satisfaction explained 38% of the variance of QOL. Neuroticism was positively correlated with occupational stress and negatively correlated with job satisfaction and QOL. A strong direct effect (− 0.386, P < 0.01) and moderate indirect effect (− 0.133, P < 0.01) of neuroticism on QOL mediated by occupational stress and job satisfaction were observed. In addition, a direct effect (− 0.197, P < 0.01) and an indirect effect (− 0.044, P < 0.01) of occupational stress on QOL mediated by job satisfaction were also observed. Conclusions: Occupational stress and job satisfaction partly mediated the relationship between neuroticism and QOL among Chinese civil servants. Thus, selecting individuals with a low level of neuroticism as civil servants, reducing occupational stress, and increasing job satisfaction may be important measures to improve their QOL.

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Longitudinal quality of life after sublobar resection and stereotactic body radiation therapy for early‐stage non–small cell lung cancer

Wisnivesky,

Mudd,

Stone

et al. 2024

Cancer

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BackgroundMany patients with early‐stage lung cancer are not candidates for lobectomy because of various factors, with treatment options including sublobar resection or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Limited information exists regarding patient‐centered outcomes after these treatments.MethodsSubjects with stage I–IIA non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk for lobectomy who underwent treatment with sublobar resection or SBRT were recruited from five medical centers. Quality of life (QOL) was compared with the Short Form 8 (SF‐8) for physical and mental health and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Lung (FACT‐L) surveys at baseline (pretreatment) and 7 days, 30 days, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment. Propensity score methods were used to control for confounders.ResultsOf 337 subjects enrolled before treatment, 63% received SBRT. Among patients undergoing resection, 89% underwent minimally invasive video‐assisted thoracic surgery or robot‐assisted resection. Adjusted analyses showed that SBRT‐treated patients had both higher physical health SF‐8 scores (difference in differences [DID], 6.42; p = .0008) and FACT‐L scores (DID, 2.47; p = .004) at 7 days posttreatment. Mental health SF‐8 scores were not different at 7 days (p = .06). There were no significant differences in QOL at other time points, and all QOL scores returned to baseline by 12 months for both groups.ConclusionsSBRT is associated with better QOL immediately posttreatment compared with sublobar resection. However, both treatment groups reported similar QOL at later time points, with a return to baseline QOL. These findings suggest that sublobar resection and SBRT have a similar impact on the QOL of patients with early‐stage lung cancer deemed ineligible for lobectomy.

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Evaluating the reliability and validity of SF-8 with a large representative sample of urban Chinese

Cited by 66 publications

References 21 publications

The Influence of Income and Livelihood Diversification on Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural Ethiopia

The Influence of Income and Livelihood Diversification on Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural Ethiopia

Mediating role of occupational stress and job satisfaction on the relationship between neuroticism and quality of life among Chinese civil servants: a structural equation model

Longitudinal quality of life after sublobar resection and stereotactic body radiation therapy for early‐stage non–small cell lung cancer

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