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| العنوان: |
Reliability and Validity of the SF-36 Among Older Mexican Americans. |
| المؤلفون: |
M. Kristen Peek, Laura Ray, Kushang Patel, Diane Stoebner-May, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher |
| المصدر: |
Gerontologist; Jun2004, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p418-425, 8p, 4 Charts |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MEDICAL care surveys, HEALTH surveys, RELIABILITY (Personality trait), TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood, QUALITY of life, FACTOR analysis, OLDER people, MEXICAN Americans |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
Purpose: The Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) has been validated in many diverse samples. This measure of health-related quality of life, however, has not yet been examined among older Mexican Americans, a rapidly growing subset of the older population. Design and Methods: We address the validity of the SF-36 in a sample of older Mexican Americans (N = 621) selected from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly. Using confirmatory factor analysis through structural equation modeling, we evaluate the construct validity of this scale. Results: The results indicate evidence for a model with eight first-order factors consistent with previous research on the SF-36 and two second-order factors representing mental and physical health. Implications: This, in addition to other evidence given here, leads us to the conclusion that the SF-36 is a valid measure of health-related quality of life in this sample of older Mexican Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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