Kim Seon-Ha, Jo Min-Woo, Ahn Jeonghoon, Ock Minsu, Shin Sangjin, Park Jooyeon
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 86, Asanbyeongwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea.
BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 18;14:1086. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1086.
The psychometric properties of the Korean Short Form-12 Health Survey, version 2 (SF-12 v2) have not been assessed in the general population. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the SF-12 v2 in the general population and to provide SF-12 v2 domain scores according to the general characteristics of the study population.
A total of 1,000 participants from the general Korean population were recruited using a multistage quota sampling method. Psychometric properties were evaluated by descriptive statistics, validity, reliability, and exploratory factor analysis.
Item convergent and discriminant validity met the criteria established by the instrument developer. In the known-group comparison, male gender, age <60 years, high educational status, and absence of any comorbidity were significantly associated with high scale scores. The reliability of all SF-12 v2 items was 0.88.
The findings of this study generally support the idea that the Korean SF-12 v2 is a feasible, valid, and reliable instrument for assessing health-related quality of life in the general population. The SF-12 v2 seems to be a viable alternative health-related quality of life instrument for the Korean population.
韩国简短健康调查问卷第2版（SF - 12 v2）的心理测量学特性尚未在普通人群中进行评估。因此，我们研究的目的是评估韩语版SF - 12 v2在普通人群中的心理测量学特性，并根据研究人群的一般特征提供SF - 12 v2领域得分。
采用多阶段配额抽样方法，从韩国普通人群中招募了1000名参与者。通过描述性统计、效度、信度和探索性因子分析来评估心理测量学特性。
项目收敛效度和区分效度符合工具开发者设定的标准。在已知组比较中，男性、年龄<60岁、高教育水平以及无任何合并症与高分量表得分显著相关。所有SF - 12 v2项目的信度为0.88。
本研究结果总体上支持以下观点，即韩语版SF - 12 v2是评估普通人群健康相关生活质量的一种可行、有效且可靠的工具。对于韩国人群而言，SF - 12 v2似乎是一种可行的替代健康相关生活质量工具。
