Validity and reliability of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-20 questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in elderly people living at home | Zendy

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Validity and reliability of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-20 questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in elderly people living at home

Author(s) -

David H. Carver

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/28.2.169

Subject(s) - discriminant validity , reliability (semiconductor) , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , convergent validity , gerontology , criterion validity , validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , internal consistency , nursing , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics

he Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-20 (SF-20) questionnaire is recommended for health-related quality of life research, but there is little information on its utility in older people. We assessed the validity, reliability and feasibility of using the SF-20 in an elderly community-dwelling population.

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