Henwood Tim R, Bartlett Helen P
Research and Practice Development Centre, University of Queensland and Blue Care, 56 Sylvan Rd, Toowong, QLD Australia.
Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia.
Eur J Ageing. 2008 Jul 30;5(3):241-252. doi: 10.1007/s10433-008-0084-6. eCollection 2008 Sep.
The University of Queensland Quality of Life instrument (UQQoL) was developed to provide a quantitative measure sensitive to the impact of increased exercise on the quality of life (QoL) of older individuals. This paper describes the development and testing of the UQQoL including an exploratory study of focus group interviews with 18 participants aged 65 and over, item development and selection, and instrument piloting with groups of older adults undergoing high-intensity training. The SF-36, another established QoL tool, was also administered at the same time points for comparative purposes. The UQQoL displayed good convergent validity with selected SF-36 domains. A significant change in QoL following training was found, complementing functional improvements. This change was not detected by the SF-36. While broader testing is required, the UQQoL appears to be a reliable instrument sensitive to the change in QoL experienced by healthy community-dwelling older adults following resistance exercise.
昆士兰大学生活质量量表（UQQoL）的开发旨在提供一种定量测量方法，该方法能敏锐地反映增加运动量对老年人生活质量（QoL）的影响。本文描述了UQQoL的开发与测试过程，包括对18名65岁及以上参与者进行焦点小组访谈的探索性研究、条目开发与选择，以及对接受高强度训练的老年人群体进行量表试用。为了进行比较，在相同时间点还使用了另一种成熟的生活质量工具——SF-36。UQQoL与选定的SF-36领域显示出良好的收敛效度。研究发现训练后生活质量有显著变化，这与功能改善相辅相成。而SF-36未检测到这种变化。虽然还需要更广泛的测试，但UQQoL似乎是一种可靠的工具，能敏锐地反映健康社区老年人在进行抗阻运动后生活质量的变化。
