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

BMC Psychology

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara¹  Luís Antônio Monteiro Campos²  Zahra Bagheri³  Parisa Chamanpara³  Peyman Jafari³  Helin Yilmaz Kafali⁴  Zahir Vally⁵  Anna Rebeka Szczegielniak⁶  Ramdas Ransing⁷  Rabi Shakya⁸  Pawan Sharma⁸  Ana Đorić⁹  Rajna Knez^1,10  Gamze Erzin^1,11  Truong Ngoc Huong^1,12  Dejan Stevanović^1,13  Sidharth Arya^1,14  Tuong-Vi Vu Thi^1,15  Mita Rani Roy Chowdhury^1,16 

[1] Behavioral Addictions Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS);Catholic University of Petrópolis (UCP) and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro;Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences;Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara City Hospital;Department of Clinical Psychology, United Arab Emirates University;Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia;Department of Psychiatry, B K L Walawalkar Rural Medical College;Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Applied Psychology, University of Rijeka;Department of Women´S and Children´S Health, Skaraborgs Hospital;Diskapi Training and Research Hospital;Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City;Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg;Institute of Mental Health, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences;South Vietnam HIV Addiction Technical Transfer Centre, University of Medicine and Pharmacy;United Nations Department of Safety and Security;

关键词: Cross-cultural;    Measurement invariance;    Quality of life;    Psychiatry;    Mental health;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40359-022-00864-y

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract 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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