Assessing quality of life in older adults: psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home population

Table 1 Distribution of the OPQoL scores, Means (M), Standard deviations (SD), Cronbach’s alpha, Correlation coefficients for OPQoL to Self-Transcendence, Meaning-in-life, Sense of Coherence, Nurse-patient Interaction, Joy-of-Life, Depression, and Anxiety

Distribution of the OPQoL scores
OPQoL score 1–2.99 3.0–3.99 4.0–5.0
N = 181 100% 11 (6.1%) 77 (42.5%) 90 (49.7%)
Variable (number items)	Cronbach’s Alpha (α)	Mean (M)	Std.Dev. (SD)	Correlations (r²) OPQoL brief (13)
OPQoL-brief (13)	0.83	3.901	1.008	1.00
ST1 (7)	0.65	2.518	0.569	0.56**
ST2 (8)	0.68	3.145	0.449	0.47**
PIL (20)	0.80	3.482	1.091	0.40**
NPIS (14)	0.90	7.981	1.907	0.45**
JOL (13)	0.88	5.682	1.137	0.69**
HADS-D (7)	0.74	1.686	0.552	− 0.17**
HADS-A (7)	0.83	1.864	0.410	− 0.29**

OPQoL-brief Quality-of-life, ST1 Interpersonal self-transcendence, ST2 Intrapersonal self-transcendence, PIL Purpose in Life test, NPIS Nurse-Patient Interaction, JoL Joy-of-Life Scale, HADS-D Depression, HADS-A Anxiety, N = 181

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