Research paper
Validation of the WhOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Questionnaire for Use With Medical Students
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- Title
- Validation of the WhOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Questionnaire for Use With Medical Students
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- Auckland University of Technology
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to validate the use of the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire with medical students. Methods: A sample of 274 medical students in their fourth and fifth years of study (80% response rate) completed the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. The four-domain factor structure of the questionnaire was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. A variety of other tests of reliability and validity were cond...
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- Research paper
- Research format
- Journal article
- Date created
- 2011-08-10
- Creator
- Krägeloh, CU / Henning, M / Hawken, SJ / Zhao, Y / Shepherd, D / Billington, R
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- https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/1962
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- Medical students / Quality of life / Validation / WHOQOL-BREF
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