caa a22 4500 477084656 CHVBK 20180405111500.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00435974 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00435974 Validity and reliability of the Spanish Version of the Psychological General Well-Being Index [Elektronische Daten] [X. Badia, F. Gutiérrez, I. Wiklund, J. Alonso] The Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) was adapted for use in Spain. The American version was translated and back-translated independently by three bilinguals and the comprehensibility of a consensuated version was tested in a pilot study. The construct validity and internal consistency of the questionnaire were tested in 104 patients (52 high blood pressure patients attending a primary health care centre and 52 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis). Concurrently to the PGWBI, patients were administered the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and three psychosocial categories of the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP-PD). Patients in the dialysis group were administered the PGWBI on two occasions, two weeks apart. The PGWBI was moderately to highly correlated with the GHQ-12 (r=-0.71) and with the SIP-PD (r=-0.69). Overall internal consistency as measured by Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.94. By dimensions, PGWBI α coefficients ranged from 0.56 (Self-control) to 0.88 (Anxiety). No differences were found in mean PGWBI scores between the two groups of patients studied. Two-week test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.76. the similarity of the operating characteristics supports the contention that the Spanish and American versions of the PGWBI are conceptually equivalent. More research is needed on the reliability and responsiveness of the different dimensions of the questionnaire. Our results suggest that only global scores should be used when making individual comparisons. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Cross-cultural research nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence questionnaire nationallicence reliability nationallicence validity nationallicence Badia X. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain aut Gutiérrez F. Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain aut Wiklund I. Deprtment of Public Health and Health Care Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway aut Alonso J. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1996-02-01), 101-108 0962-9343 5:1<101 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435974 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435974 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Badia X. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gutiérrez F. Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wiklund I. Deprtment of Public Health and Health Care Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alonso J. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1996-02-01), 101-108 0962-9343 5:1<101 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer