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Original Article
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J Korean Acad Fam Med. 1999;20(10):1197-1208. Published online October 1, 1999.
- The development of Korean health related Quality of Life Scale.
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Jae Young Shim, Jung Kwon Lee, Soo Young Kim, Jang Won Won, Sun Woo Sung, Hoon Ki Park, Ho Cheol Shin
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1Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
2Department of Family Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea.
3Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea.
4Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Korea.
5Department of Family Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Korea.
6Department of Family Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University Schoolo of Medicine, Korea.
- Abstract
- Background
: The status of development of instruments to asses the health related quality of life' reflecting Korean's own language expression and culture is still far from satisfaction, despite their importance in building basic date for health promotion, evaluation of effectiveness of treatment, health policy and so on.
Methods : Symptom descriptions in both ill and healthy conditions were collected from 292 Koreans based on definition and domains of 'health related quality of life' which was established by 7 family physicians. The collected results were categorized into each domain and edited to be used as questions. Questions of health change and spiritual health domains were added. A selection of most pertinent items were pursued through the internal consistency analysis on 417 patients. Pretest was performed on 20 ordinary people to see if they think selected questions were understandable and related to their quality of life.
Results : A total of 1934 symptom descriptions were collected and categorized into 44 of 7 domains including physical function, mental health, social function, pain, role, vitality, and health perception. Two items of health change and 3 items of spiritual health domain were added. Among those 49 items, 45 items of 9 domains were selected after discarding 4 items lowering internal consistency coefficient. Some items were corrected for more precise meaning, concise meaning, concise sentence, proper expression and word order, and nuance after pretest.
Conclusion : We developed a Korean health related Quality of Life Scale(KoQoLS) reflecting Korean's own language expression and culture.
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