Psychometric Properties of Malay Brief Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder
| Main Author: | Zahiruddin Othman |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5150950 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly used to holistically evaluate bipolar disorder treatment beyond symptomatic response. For that purpose, the condition-specific QoL scale is better than the generic QoL scales. To date, there is no available QoL scale specifically designed for bipolar disorder (BD) for the Malaysian population. Objective: This study aimed to translate into Malay and validate the Brief Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder (QoL.BD) scale in the local population. Method: The Brief QoL.BD was translated into Malay using the standard forward and back-translation method. The translated version was then administered to 40 patients with bipolar disorder from the outpatient psychiatric clinic, Hospital USM. Result: The Brief QoL.BD (Malay) demonstrated a good psychometric property, i.e. good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha 0.92) and concurrent validity with WHOQOL-BREF (Malay) (r = 0.82). Conclusion: The Brief QoL.BD (Malay) is a feasible, reliable, and valid tool for the assessment of QoL in bipolar disorder among the local population.