Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.
M. Al- Abassi, H., A. Gomaah, M. (2006). Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.. EKB Journal Management System, 39(2), 1-19. doi: 10.21608/mskas.2006.301962
Hamid M. Al- Abassi; Mohamed A. Gomaah. "Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.". EKB Journal Management System, 39, 2, 2006, 1-19. doi: 10.21608/mskas.2006.301962
M. Al- Abassi, H., A. Gomaah, M. (2006). 'Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.', EKB Journal Management System, 39(2), pp. 1-19. doi: 10.21608/mskas.2006.301962
M. Al- Abassi, H., A. Gomaah, M. Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.. EKB Journal Management System, 2006; 39(2): 1-19. doi: 10.21608/mskas.2006.301962

Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-brief:Experience with Egyptian general population and psychiatric samples.

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Article 4, Volume 39, Issue 2, December 2006, Page 1-19  XML PDF (654.18 K)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/mskas.2006.301962
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Authors
Hamid M. Al- Abassi* 1; Mohamed A. Gomaah2
1Institute of Statistical Studies and Research (ISSR)- Cairo University
2Faculty of Science- Al-Azhar University
Abstract
Rationale: Previous reports on the 4- and 6-domain models of the WHOQOL-bref, did not investigate the possibility that alternative factor models may provide a better explanation of the data. Objectives: to assess the factor structure of the WHOQOL- bref in a Egyptian general population sample; and use confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis (PA) to see how well the model thus generated fits into the WHOQOL-bref data of Egyptian psychiatric patients and their family caregivers; and compares with WHO models. Method:  In factor analysis (FA), data from 620 general population subjects were used to generate 5-domain model; in CFA and PA the model was tested on the data of 300 psychiatric outpatients and their caregivers, using four goodness of fit (GOF) indices in AMOS. Results: Two factors ("Personal relation" and "environment") from our FA were similar to the WHO's. In CFA, the GOF criteria were met by our model, and WHO's 4-domain model on the psychiatric data. In PA, the two models met the GOF criteria on the general population data. Conclusion:  The findings support the credentials of WHO's 4-domain model as a universal QOL construct; and favor the impression that analysis of WHOQOL-bref could benefit from including all the items in FA and using overall QOL as a dependent variable.
Keywords
Confirmatory factor analysis; Path analysis; Egyptian psychiatric patients
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