Table 5 Screening performance of the instruments
From: Selection of a quality of life instrument for polio survivors in Northwest Nigeria
Instrument | Intent of the instrument | Content suitability (reflection of polio survivors’ perspectives) | Psychometric properties | Feasibility | Cross-cultural relevance (item & semantic relevance) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short-form 36 (SF-36) | Health status measure | Health (8 items), Social cohesion (2 items), Happiness (2 items), Feeling independent (2 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Content validity, Construct validity, Criterion validity, Responsiveness | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (10 min) | Semantic relevance |
Nottingham health profile (NHP) | Health status measure | Employment (1 item), Health (1 item), Social cohesion (6 items), Self-value (2 items), Feeling independent (2 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Construct validity, Responsiveness | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (10 min) | Semantic relevance |
Quality of life index (QLI) | Quality of life measure | Accessibility (1 item), Education (1 item), Employment (2 items), Financial stability (1 item), Health (3 items), Social cohesion (8 items), Happiness (5 items), Spirituality (1 item), Self-value (1 item), Physical appearance (2 items), Feeling independent (3 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Content validity, Construct validity, Criterion validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (10 min) | Item relevance, Semantic relevance. |
EuroQol-5D (EQD5) | Health status measure | Feeling independent (2 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Construct validity, Criterion validity, Responsiveness | Comprehensive, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (5 min) | Semantic relevance |
Kaasa’s questionnaire (KQ) | Quality of life measure | Social cohesion (2 items), Happiness (2 items), Self-value (3 items), Feeling independent (2 items) | Internal consistency, Content validity, Construct validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (not available) | Item relevance, Semantic relevance |
Quality of life profile (QP) | Quality of life measure | Accessibility (1 item), Education (1 item), Employment (2 items), Financial stability (1 item), Social cohesion (8 items), Happiness (1 item), Self-value (1 item), Feeling independent (1 item) | Content validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Self/User administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (not available) | Item relevance, Semantic relevance |
World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire- Brief (WHOQOLBREF) | Quality of life measure | Accessibility (2 items), Employment (1 item), Financial stability (1 item), Health (3 items), Social cohesion (2 items), Happiness (item), Self-value (1 item), Physical appearance (1 tem), Feeling independent (2 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Content validity, Construct validity, Responsiveness | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (15 min) | Item relevance, Semantic relevance |
Comprehensive quality of life scale (CQS) | Quality of life measure | Accessibility (2 items), Education (1 item), Employment (1 item), Financial stability (1 item), Health (2 items), Social cohesion (9 items), Happiness (2 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Construct validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, User-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (45 min) | Item relevance, Semantic relevance |
Satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) | Life satisfaction measure | Satisfaction of needs (1 item) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Construct validity | Comprehensive, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (5 min) | Semantic relevance |
Swedish health-related quality of life questionnaire (SWED-QUAL) | Health status measure | Health (8 items), Social cohesion (9 items), Feeling independent (8 items) | Internal consistency, Content validity, Construct validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Inexpensive, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (15 min) | Semantic relevance |
Short-form 12 (SF-12) | Health status measure | Health (5 items), Social cohesion (2 items), Happiness (1 item), Feeling independent (3 items) | Internal consistency, Reliability, Construct validity, Criterion validity | Comprehensive, Profile scores, Index score, Self-administered, and Requires permission for use, Completion time (5 min) | Semantic relevance |