title: [The Chinese osteoporosis-targeted quality of life short questionnaire: design and reliability and validity assessment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design a disease-targeted life-of-quality questionnaire for Chinese patients with primary osteoporosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  From October 2013 to January 2014, 144 patients out- and inpatients were selected for assessment of their quality of life using the Chinese Osteoporosis-targeted Quality-of-Life short questionnaire (COQOL, 16 items) designed and reformed based on QUALEFFO-41. Statistics analysis was conducted to assess the validity of the COQOL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistics analysis showed good test-retest reliability, internal consistency, content validity, construct validity and criterion validity of COQOL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  COQOL is reliable and valid for evaluating participants with low bone mass in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Spinal Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; 2Lecong Hospital of Shunde District, Foshan 528315, China. E-mail: hezaopeng@163.com.
authors.forename: Zaopeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Dehong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires