摘要：Background: This paper describes the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-OLD, an add-on module to the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life measure for older people in a South African sample. The WHOQOL-OLD module was further condensed into three short versions which contain the best items of the original module. The psychometric properties associated with the three short versions of the WHOQOL-OLD are also described.Method: Data were collected from Afrikaans-speaking older people (n=176) residing in long-term care facilities in Potchefstroom, situated in the North-West province of South Africa. The mean age of participants was 77 years (SD=8.1). Fifty participants were males and 126 were females. All reported average-to-good health and cognitive ability.Results: The current study found encouraging results related to the original factor structure of the WHOQOL-OLD as well as the three short versions of this instrument. Results stemming from the data of the current sample seem to be a good fit with the original factor structure of the WHOQOL-OLD. The reliabilities associated with the various sub-dimensions point to a reliable instrument.Conclusions: The WHOQOL-OLD with its 24 items or any of the three short versions of this instrument can, therefore, be utilised in a South African context (Version 3 of the short versions seems to be the better fitting version).Keywords: quality of life; older people; long-term care facility; psychometric properties; WHOQOL-OLD measuring instrument(Published: 6 October 2015)Citation: Glob Health Action 2015, 8: 28209 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28209
关键词：Community Health; Gerontology;quality of life; older people; long-term care facility; psychometric properties; WHOQOL-OLD measuring instrument
