caa a22 4500 467916640 CHVBK 20180406152905.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-4930-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-4930-z Construct and Criterion Validity of a Norwegian Instrument for Health Related Quality of Life Among Elderly Women Living at Home [Elektronische Daten] [Astrid Bergland, Torgeir Wyller] Purpose of the study: The aim of the current study is to validate an instrument consisting of five items and first used in the Nord-Trondelag Health Survey (HUNT-5), as a measure of health related quality of life (QOL) in a population of elderly women living at home. Design and methods: A random sample of 307 women aged 75years and over (mean 80.8years, response rate 74.5%) and living at home were interviewed using the HUNT-5 instrument, the 20-question version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-20) and the respondents' records of their health status and functional ability. Results: No significant relationships were found between age and the sumscores of GHQ-20 and HUNT-5. Factor analysis indicated that HUNT-5 is primarily unidimensional. The Cronbach α for HUNT-5 was 0.79 and that for GHQ-20 was 0.87. The correlation between the HUNT-5 and the GHQ-20 sumscores was 0.75 (p<0.001). There were significant correlations between some of the health and function items and the two QOL instruments (ranging from 0.14 to 0.68). Implications: This evaluation supports the psychometric validity of HUNT-5 for elderly women living at home. It is important to take into consideration the women's own experience of their health and functional ability in planning therapy and in obtaining the best possible QOL for them. Springer, 2006 function nationallicence health nationallicence quality of life nationallicence validity nationallicence Bergland Astrid Research and Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo University College, 0130, St. Olavs plass, Norway aut Wyller Torgeir Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/3(2006-07-01), 479-497 0303-8300 77:3<479 2006 77 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-4930-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-4930-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bergland Astrid Research and Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo University College, 0130, St. Olavs plass, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wyller Torgeir Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/3(2006-07-01), 479-497 0303-8300 77:3<479 2006 77 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer