Translation, Cultural Adjustment and Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of “Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form” for Patients with Schizophrenia

Petrović-Kitić, Aleksandra; Janković, Slobodan M.

doi:10.1515/afmnai-2017-0005

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“…The total score is out of 27, which indicates the severity of depressive symptoms. It is subdivided into five categories: minimal or none (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), moderately severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), and severe (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). The last part was Q-LES-Q-SF which captures the enjoyment and satisfaction over the past week.…”

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The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On the depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Health Workers in Saudi Arabia

Alsallal¹,

Alshabanat²,

Alwahhabi³

et al. 2023

Mil. Med. Sci. Lett.

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Background: During coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, workers in the healthcare sector are experiencing high workload, making them susceptible to psychological illness. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the influence of COVID-19 outbreak on the depressive symptoms and quality of life among health workers (HWs) in Saudi Arabia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the psychological impact and quality of life were assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Quality-of-Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q). Results: A total of 151 HWs participated in the study, from which 80 participants completed the survey (response rate: 53%). Females (85.5%) were predominantly higher than males (14.5%). Minimal to mild depressive symptoms were observed in about 47%, whereas only 11.25% of health workers had severe depressive symptoms. Females had lower PHQ-9 scores compared to males. The occurrence of moderately severe to severe depression in medical HWs was more than two folds compared to non-medical workers (26.5% and 12.9%, respectively). Around 73% of HWs had a Q-LES-Q score above 50%, which indicates moderate to high quality of life. The younger participants had a lower quality of life. Similar scores of Q-LES-Q were reported in both females and males. Conclusion: Throughout the pandemics, mental status and quality of life of workers in the healthcare sector can be affected. During COVID-19 outbreak, moderately severe to severe depressive symptoms were seen in 21.3% of HWs in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, 27.5% had lower quality of life. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine variable changes over time. Recognizing the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic can guide policymakers to tailor interventions that support the most vulnerable workers.

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“…They are among the commonly used measures in psychiatric research (18). Their validity and reliability have been established in several settings and populations (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27).…”

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The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On the depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Health Workers in Saudi Arabia

Alsallal¹,

Alshabanat²,

Alwahhabi³

et al. 2023

Mil. Med. Sci. Lett.

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“…A key feature of this questionnaire is that it emphasizes the subjective perceptions of individuals physical, psychological, and social domains of daily life [10]. Furthermore, this questionnaire has been translated in several languages and validated in diverse groups of individuals with different socio-economic backgrounds and lifestyles, as well as with other health conditions besides the psychiatric ones [2,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The results of the previous studies revealed that the Q-LES-Q-SF questionnaire exhibited sound psychometric properties and it has been used as a QOL questionnaire in more than 100 peer-reviewed publications [17].…”

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Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short form across ten countries: the application of Bayesian approximate measurement invariance

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Background The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) is the most frequently used generic quality of life (QOL) measure in many countries and cultures worldwide. However, no single study has been carried out to investigate whether this questionnaire performs similarly across diverse cultures/countries. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF across ten different countries. Methods The Q-LES-Q-SF was administrated to a sample of 2822 university students from ten countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, India, Nepal, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The Bayesian approximate measurement invariance approach was used to assess the measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF. Results Approximate measurement invariance did not hold across the countries for the Q-LES-Q-SF, with only two out of 14 items being non-invariant; namely items related to doing household and leisure time activities. Conclusions Our findings did not support the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Q-LES-Q-SF; thus, considerable caution is warranted when comparing QOL scores across different countries with this measure. Item rewording and adaptation along with calibrating non-invariant items may narrow these differences and help researchers to create an invariant questionnaire for reliable and valid QOL comparisons across different countries.

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Evaluation of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: An inpatient social welfare institution-based cross-sectional study

Petrovic,

Barjaktarevic,

Kostic

et al. 2024

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Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness with a poor quality of life (QoL). The main aim of this study was to measure the QoL and factors that affect the QoL of patients with schizophrenia placed in a social welfare institution. This cross-sectional study included 287 patients with schizophrenia who were treated in a long-stay social care institution in which QoL was assessed using five different instruments: the World Health Organization Quality of Life scale, the EuroQoL Five-Dimension-Five-Level scale (including the visual analog scale), the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form, and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. To determine the impact of patients’ characteristics on score values, multiple linear regression using backward elimination was employed. Due to non-normality in the distribution of the dependent variables, a Box–Cox power transformation was applied to each dependent variable prior to conducting multiple linear regression analysis. Results revealed that patients with schizophrenia have lower QoL. Our study revealed that age, level of education, type of accommodation, type of pavilion, age of onset of the disease, number of prescribed antipsychotics, number of psychiatric comorbidities, duration of therapy, and the number of daily doses of antipsychotics are dominant contributors to the QoL in patients with schizophrenia who were treated in social welfare institution.

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Translation, Cultural Adjustment and Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of “Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form” for Patients with Schizophrenia

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References 20 publications

The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On the depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Health Workers in Saudi Arabia

The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On the depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Health Workers in Saudi Arabia

Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short form across ten countries: the application of Bayesian approximate measurement invariance

Evaluation of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: An inpatient social welfare institution-based cross-sectional study

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