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- Title
Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life.
- Authors
Jin-Hee Park; Sun Hyoung Bae; Young-Mi Jung
- Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean version of Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL). Methods: The MENQOL was translated into Korean according to algorithm of linguistic validation process. A total of 308 menopausal women were recruited and assessed using the Korean version of MENQOL (MENQOL-K), the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-K). In estimating reliability, internal consistency reliability coefficients were calculated. Validity was evaluated through criterion validity and construct validity with confirmatory factor analyses using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 25.0 software. Results: In item analyses, the "increased facial hair" symptom was excluded because of the low contribution of MENQOL-K. The confirmatory factor analysis supported good fit and reliable scores for MENQOL-K model, and the four-factor structure was validated (Χ²=553.28, p<.001, NC=1.84, RMSEA=.05, AGIF=.85, AIC=765.28). The MENQOL-K consists of 28 items in 4 domains, including vasomotor (3 items), psychosocial (7 items), physical (15 items), and sexual subscales (3 items). There was an acceptable criterion validity with moderately significant correlation between MENQOL-K and WHOQOL-BREF. The Cronbach's α for the 4 subsacles ranged from .80 to .93. Conclusion: The MENQOL-K is a valid and reliable scale to measure condition-specific quality of life for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. It can be used to assess the impact of menopausal symptoms on the quality of life of Korean women in clinical trials.
- Subjects
MENOPAUSE &; psychology; ALGORITHMS; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH evaluation; WOMEN'S health; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 3, p487
- ISSN
2005-3673
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4040/jkan.20049