title: Validation of the Chinese version of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) in Taiwanese patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: We tested the reliability, sensitivity, and validity of a Chinese translation of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4). One hundred Taiwanese individuals with schizophrenia were recruited. The internal consistency reliability was satisfactory for both the psychosocial and vitality domains (Cronbach's alpha = 0.92, 0.84). The test-retest reliability was also high (psychosocial: ICC = 0.84, vitality: ICC = 0.84) for those individuals whose psychological conditions remained stable between the two-week interval. However, the responsiveness coefficient for those with considerable changes in psychological conditions ranged from very small to moderate, suggesting either low responsiveness for the vitality domain or a complex relationship between the change of psychological conditions and quality of life, and the need to estimate responsiveness more conclusively in a future intervention study. The convergent validity was supported by moderate-to-large correlations between domains measuring related constructs of the SQLS-R4 and SF-36 (r = -0.65 to -0.67). Overall, the results of this study provide preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the SQLS-R4 used in Taiwanese individuals with schizophrenia. This study provides a common ground for international researchers to understand quality of life in Taiwanese patients with schizophrenia.
authors: Department of Occupational Therapy, Jianan Mental Hospital, Tainan County, Taiwan.
authors: Po-Ju
authors: PJ
authors: Kuo
authors: Mei-Jin
authors: MJ
authors: Chen-Sea
authors: Ru-Band
authors: RB
authors: Lu
authors: Ming-Shun
authors: MS
authors: Chung
authors: Chien-Cheng
authors: CC
authors: Kuo
authors: Wei-Che
authors: WC
authors: Huang
authors: Hui-Ing
authors: HI
authors: Ma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan; D014177:Translations