Back to Search
Start Over
Development and Testing of the Quality of Life Osteoporosis Scale—Nonvertebral Fractures (QoLOS-NVFX).
- Source :
- Orthopaedic Nursing; Jan/Feb2021, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p33-41, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
-
Abstract
- The aim of this study was developing and testing a new tool for measuring quality of life (QoL) in patients with osteoporosis who had experienced nonvertebral fractures (NVFXs). Two main phases were carried out. First, the tool was developed based on expert opinion through three focus groups. Second, the tool was tested with exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 458 postmenopausal women. The reliability of the developed Quality of Life Osteoporosis Scale—Nonvertebral Fractures (QoLOS-NVFX) was measured using Cronbach's α, maximal reliability (MR), composite reliability (CR), and average variance extracted (AVE). The QoLOS-NVFX resulted in a unidimensional scale with 23 items and showed good reliability, with a Cronbach's α of 0.94, an MR of 0.96, a CR of 0.96, and an AVE of 0.70. The QoLOS-NVFX shows good psychometric properties and can be used to assess the impact of NVFX on QoL in osteoporotic women. Furthermore, it can be easily used in clinical practice and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BONE fractures -- Psychological aspects
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EXPERIMENTAL design
FACTOR analysis
FOCUS groups
HEALTH surveys
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
OSTEOPOROSIS
PSYCHOMETRICS
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
RESEARCH
RESEARCH evaluation
CONTINUING education units
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
CROSS-sectional method
POSTMENOPAUSE
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07446020
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Orthopaedic Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148410741
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/NOR.0000000000000728