Validity and reliability of short form-12 questionnaire in Iranian hemodialysis patients

Amir H. Pakpour, Saeedeh Nourozi, Stig Molsted, Adrian P Harrison, Khadije Nourozi, Bengt Fridlund

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to assess the validity and reliability of the SF-12 questionnaire in a sample of Iranian patients undergoing hemodialysis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and forty-four hemodialysis patients were included from dialysis centers in Zanjan, Iran, and were asked to complete the SF-12 and SF-36 questionnaires. An initial test-retest reliability evaluation was performed on a sample of 70 patients from the total group, with a retest interval of 14 days. Reliability was estimated by internal consistency and validity was assessed using known-group comparisons and construct validity on the patient group as a whole. A linear regression analysis was used to assess any variation in the physical component summary and mental component summary scores of the SF-36 with the respective component summary scores of the SF-12. In addition, the factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing a confirmatory factor analysis.

RESULTS: Cronbach alpha for physical and mental component summaries were 0.89 and 0.90, respectively. The SF-12 showed a good discriminatory ability between subgroups of patients based on demographic and clinical variables. The confirmatory factor analysis for the original two-factor structure showed a good fit index (chi2 = 23.30, degrees of freedom = 13), goodness-of-fit index = 0.96, and root mean squared error of approximation = 0.079).

CONCLUSIONS: In general, the SF-12 has good psychometric properties and can be used as a shorter version of the SF-36 questionnaire in future studies involving Iranian patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Original languageEnglish
JournalIranian Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume5
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)175-81
Number of pages7
ISSN1735-8582
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011

Keywords

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Psychometrics
  • Quality of Life
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Comparative Study
  • Journal Article
  • Multicenter Study
  • Validation Studies

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