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. 2024 Jun 13;17(1):162.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-024-06823-7.

Health-SigQOLM is a versatile scale for measuring various aspects of health-related quality of life

Mohamad Adam Bujang  1   2   3 , Wei Hong Lai  4   5   6 , Selvasingam Ratnasingam  4 , Xun Ting Tiong  4   5   6 , Yoon Khee Hon  5 , Eileen Pin Pin Yap  4   6 , Yvonne Yih Huan Jee  4 , Nurul Fatma Diyana Ahmad  4 , Alex Ren Jye Kim  4 , Masliyana Husin  5
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Health-SigQOLM is a versatile scale for measuring various aspects of health-related quality of life

Mohamad Adam Bujang et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: The "Health" element is one of the elements in Significant Quality of Life Measure (SigQOLM) that measures quality of life and well-being of people. This study aims to evaluate the Health element (Health-SigQOLM) as a generic and dynamic scale to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) with a broader spectrum of coverage. This study used a secondary data that developed SigQOLM. Only the "Health" element with 33 items is used for analysis.

Results: The construct of Health-SigQOLM has a minimum factor loading of 0.425 with excellent model fit. The health status among healthcare workers is significantly associated with the Health-SigQOLM (p < 0.001). The Health-SigQOLM score can clearly distinguish between healthy people and those who have been afflicted with some diseases but have never been hospitalized due to disease progression or other associated complications (p = 0.002). The Health-SigQOLM is a generic and dynamic tool for assessing various aspects of health-related quality of life.

Keywords: Clinical evidence; Health-related quality of life; SigQOLM.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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