Interday reliability of function assessment for a health status measure: The Quality of Well-Being scale
Author(s):
Anderson, John P.; Kaplan, Robert M.; Berry, Charles C.; Bush, James W.; Rumbaut, Ruben G.
Format:
Journal article
Citation:
Medical Care, Volume 27, Issue 11 (1989-11). pp. 1076-1084.
Language:
English
Abstract:
Examined the interday reliability of information obtained by the Quality of Well-Being (QWB; J. W. Bush, 1984) scale. The QWB scale combines preference-weighted measures of symptoms and functioning to provide a numeric point-in-time expression of well-being. The QWB also involves 3 scales of function: Mobility, Physical Activity, and Social Activity. Data from 5 empirical studies were used, each identified in terms of (1) S population; (2) number of QWB days involved; (3) number of respondents/Ss; and (4) languages involved, if other than English. QWB reliability appeared as good in Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, and Vietnamese as it did in English. The reliabilities were somewhat higher in impaired populations (e.g., burn patients, diabetes patients); the instrument appeared to be measuring dysfunction with a high degree of descriptive reliability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)