ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Chatchawan Silpakit

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Scalability of Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ) Thai Version

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Siriraj Hospital Gazette, Vol. 52, No 9, Septembert 2000. Page 593-598

รายละเอียด / Details:

Psychiatric disorders lead to functional disability of the affected patients. Assessment of functional disability in psychiatric patients is important for psychiatric research. The objective of this study is to test the scalability of the Brief Disability Questionnaire and its correlation with mental health status in Thai patients. The mental health status and functional disability of 879 patients attending four primary care setting were respectively assessed by two self-report questionnaires, the Genral Health Questionnaire GHQ and the Brief Disability Questionnaire BDQ. The internal consistency of the BDQ was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and its scalability was then investigated by Mokken analysis. The relationship between the score of the GHQ and the BDQ wasexamined by Pearson's correlationcoefficient. The internal consistency of the BDQ was high with a Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of 0.82. Each item of the BDQ showed an acceptable scalability (H>=0.3). The results showed that the BDQ satisfied the criteria for a hierarchical scale. The BDQ score was significantly correlated with the score of the GHQ-12 (r=0.45,p‹0.001). The Brief Disability Questionnaire maintins its hierarchica; scalibility in Thai subjects and can be used as an outcome measurement of functional disability.

Keywords: psychiatric disorder, Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ) Thai Version, psychiatry, patient

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2000

Address: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Code: 00004104

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-152X

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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