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Original Article
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J Korean Acad Fam Med. 1996;17(9):748-760. Published online September 1, 1996.
- Analysis of questionnaire related articles in Jounral of Korean Academy of Family Medicine.
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Soo Young Kim
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- Abstract
- Background
: In order to have confidence in the results of a study, it is necessary to establish that questionnarire is both valid and reliable in questionnaire related study. If a foreign questionnaire is used in another country, the translation validity must be verified. In Journale of Korean Academy of Family Medicine the portion of questionnaire related articles is increasing, but problem of reliability and validity in questionnaire has not been verified yet.
Methods : All of the questionnaire related articles published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Family Medicine from November 1980 to December 1995 were analyzed. The frequency of the questionnaire related articles, the type of researches, type of questionnaires, type of administrations and validity problem of the questionnaires were reviewed.
Results : Among total original articles, relative frequency of questionnaire related articles was 44%. Among questionnaires related articles, the proportion of articles about questionnaire ifself was 5.2%. Among 40 kinds of standard questionnaires, the numbers of kinds that reliability, validity, and both reliability and validity was validated were 14, 18, and 12 respectively. Only 8 kinds of questionnaire were validated in translation validity.
Conclusion : In most cases, the questionnaires used in articles in Journal of Korean Academy of Family Medicine were not validated and it should be the impetuous for rethinking of reliability and validity of questionnaire.
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