VALIDATION OF A SCALE OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION - CHILE

Authors

  • ANGELINA DOIS CASTELLON Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • AIXA CONTRERAS MEJIAS Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Mª CECILIA ARECHABALA Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Mª TERESA URRUTIA SOTO Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Keywords:

Quality of life, schizophrenia, inventory of mental health

Abstract

The study evaluates the psychometric properties of the spanish version of the Short form-36 Health Survey (SF- 36), in people with schizophrenia. The SF-36 inventory designed by the Medical Outcomes Study and the one validated by Alonso (1999) were used. With this purpose, a pilot application was carried out, showing that it was necessary to make some adaptations to the instrument. Then, the adapted instrument was applied in ninety nine person with schizophrenia from the Metropolitan Region. The program SPSS used for the statistical analysis showed that the behaviour of items allowed to apply it in a modified version.

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Published

2007-12-05

How to Cite

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DOIS CASTELLON A, CONTRERAS MEJIAS A, ARECHABALA MC, URRUTIA SOTO MT. VALIDATION OF A SCALE OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION - CHILE. Cienc enferm [Internet]. 2007Dec.5 [cited 2024Nov.22];13(1). Available from: https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/cienciayenfermeria/article/view/12922

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Investigaciones
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