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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Eser, Erhan
• Aydemir, Ömer
• Cengiz Özyurt, Beyhan
• Akar, Aydın
• Deveci, Serol
• Eser, Sultan
• Ayık, Cemalettin

Titel

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities (WHOQOL-DIS-TR)

Ist Teil von

• Türk psikiyatri dergisi, 2018-03, Vol.29 (1), p.36-46

Ort / Verlag

Turkey: Turkiye Sinir ve Ruh Sagligi Dernegi (Turkish Association of Nervous and Mental Health)

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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• The aim of this paper is to present the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the add-on module for the WHOQOL measures of quality of life for use with adults having physical or intellectual disabilities known as the WHOQOL-DIS. Data were collected from 150 Intellectual Disabled (ID) and 157 Physically Disabled (PD) persons in Turkey (Izmir) participating center of the global WHOQOL-DIS project. WHOQOL-DIS module is consisted of 12 disability specific items in addition to 26 generic items of WHOQOL-Bref. The proposed factorial structure (3 factors) of WHOQOL-DIS global study used in the psychometric analyses of the Turkish versions of WHOQOL-DIS. Reliability analyses and construct validity was tested via CFA analyses and convergent and discriminant validity analyses were assessed in relation to SWLS and WHODAS-II respectively. Cronbach alpha values of the WHOQOL-DIS factors were as follows for ID and PD samples respectively: Factor 1 (Discrimination and support)= 0.54 and 0.64; Factor 2 (Independence)= 0.78 and 0.79 ; Factor 3 (Community participation)= 0.88 and 0.83. CFI and RMSEA values were 0.98 and 0.065 for ID sample and 0.98 ve 0.064 for PD sample respectively. Convergent-discriminant validities were satisfactory for all factors in PD group (r= 0.27 - 0.62) whereas Factor 1 was not found discriminative in the ID group (r= 0.09 -0.10). Psychometric properties provided satisfactory evidence  of reliability and validity of the Turkish version of WHOQOL-DIS. Nevertheless the results of Factor 1 (Discrimination and support) in ID persons should be interpreted with caution.