Measurement invariance of the WHOQOL-AGE questionnaire across three European countries

Santos, David; Abad, Francisco; Chatterji, Somnath; Olaya, Beatriz; Zawisza, Katarzyna; Koskinen, Seppo; Leonardi, Matilde; Haro, Josep María; Ayuso-Mateos, José Luís

doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1737-8

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“…The WHOQOL-AGE shows promising psychometric properties in nationally representative samples from Finland, Poland, and Spain ( 15 ). Moreover, older people from these three European countries somewhat interpreted the WHOQOL-AGE similarly ( 16 ). With good psychometric properties and a short administration time, the WHOQOL-AGE seems to be a feasible and appropriate instrument for use in large-scale population studies and busy clinical settings.…”

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“…With good psychometric properties and a short administration time, the WHOQOL-AGE seems to be a feasible and appropriate instrument for use in large-scale population studies and busy clinical settings. Unfortunately, current literature shows that only two European studies ( 15 , 16 ) have investigated the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-AGE. Apart from the languages spoken in Finland, Poland, and Spain, the WHOQOL-AGE is not available in any other languages.…”

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“…In addition to the lack of versions in other languages, the factor structure of the WHOQOL-AGE has not yet been confirmed, and the measurement invariance of the WHOQOL-AGE has never been examined across genders, educational levels, settings, and age groups. Although Santos et al ( 16 ) applied confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine whether the WHOQOL-AGE fits a two-factor model or a bifactor model better (for detailed information of the bifactor model, see Statistical Analysis section below), a model with cross-loading on item Q1 (How would you rate your quality of life?) found by Caballero et al ( 15 ) was not compared.…”

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Can We Apply WHOQOL-AGE to Asian Population? Verifying Its Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties in a Convenience Sample From Taiwan

Lin

Wang

Liu

2020

Front. Public Health

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Objectives: To translate and validate a recently developed quality of life instrument (WHOQOL-AGE) on geriatric population into Chinese.Method: Using cross-sectional observational design, the WHOQOL-AGE was conducted among older people through interview. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the factor structure and multigroup CFA used to examine the measurement invariance.Results: Through convenience sampling, 522 older adults (mean age = 73.42) participated in the study. Among them, 194 were males, 213 had an educational level at primary school or below, 398 were residing in the community, and 307 were aged 70 years or above. A bifactor structure (items Q1–Q8 are embedded in the factor 1; items Q9–Q13 embedded in the factor 2; and all the items embedded in an additional construct of QoL) was confirmed by the CFA in both the entire sample (χ2 = 25.4; df = 51; p = 0.999) and the subgroup sample with age 70 years or above (χ2 = 25.28; df = 51; p = 1.000). Multigroup CFAs results supported the measurement invariance for the WHOQOL-AGE across genders, having different educational levels, living in different settings and age groups. It also shows good known-groups validity.Conclusions: The promising psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-AGE were found in our convenience sample of older Taiwanese. The supported measurement invariance indicates that the older people in different conditions of gender, educational level, and living setting interpret the WHOQOL-AGE similarly. However, our results should be interpreted with cautious because of the sample representativeness.

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Can We Apply WHOQOL-AGE to Asian Population? Verifying Its Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties in a Convenience Sample From Taiwan

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Liu

2020

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“…Regarding loneliness (the subjective perception of social isolation) and social isolation (an objective and measurable condition), a close relationship was highlighted between isolation and psychological well-being and resilience (ability to adapt to change) [48], health status [49] and a poor social network, living alone [50]. This strong relationship between psycho-social factors, frailty and QoL was also studied using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment AGE (WHOQOL-AGE) scale, used to compare the QoL of older and younger adults [51].…”

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Frailty as the Future Core Business of Public Health: Report of the Activities of the A3 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA)

Liotta

Ussai

Illario

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Background: The prevalence of frailty at population-level is expected to increase in Europe, changing the focus of Public Health. Here, we report on the activities of the A3 Action Group, focusing on managing frailty and supporting healthy ageing at community level. Methods: A three-phased search strategy was used to select papers published between January 2016 and May 2018. In the third phase, the first manuscript draft was sent to all A3-Action Group members who were invited to suggest additional contributions to be included in the narrative review process. Results: A total of 56 papers were included in this report. The A3 Action Group developed three multidimensional tools predicting short–medium term adverse outcomes. Multiple factors were highlighted by the group as useful for healthcare planning: malnutrition, polypharmacy, impairment of physical function and social isolation were targeted to mitigate frailty and its consequences. Studies focused on the management of frailty highlighted that tailored interventions can improve physical performance and reduce adverse outcomes. Conclusions: This review shows the importance of taking a multifaceted approach when addressing frailty at community level. From a Public Health perspective, it is vital to identify factors that contribute to successful health and social care interventions and to the health systems sustainability.

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“…Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the measurement invariance of MSQOL-54 across Italian and English language versions. Considering that most recent studies found evidence of partial invariance in HRQOL instruments [24][25][26], and that Italian and English are western languages, we expected that full or at least partial invariance would hold across the two language versions.…”

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Assessing measurement invariance of MSQOL-54 across Italian and English versions

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Measurement invariance of the WHOQOL-AGE questionnaire across three European countries

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Can We Apply WHOQOL-AGE to Asian Population? Verifying Its Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties in a Convenience Sample From Taiwan

Can We Apply WHOQOL-AGE to Asian Population? Verifying Its Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties in a Convenience Sample From Taiwan

Frailty as the Future Core Business of Public Health: Report of the Activities of the A3 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA)

Assessing measurement invariance of MSQOL-54 across Italian and English versions

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