Health-Related Quality of Life in a Slovak Representative Sample: A Validation Study of the Short Form-8 Scale.

• Tác giả: Alena Dobrotkova, Jana Furstova, Jozef Hasto, Natalia Kascakova, Dana Purova, Dagmar Sigmundova, Peter Tavel
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Value in health regional issues , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 700217

Tóm tắt

 OBJECTIVES: The Short Form-8 (SF-8) is a widely used 8-item tool for health-related quality of life assessment. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the SF-8 in a population sample. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey on a Slovak representative sample (n = 1018
  mean age 46.24 ± 16.56 years
  51.3% women) monitoring health and well-being was performed in 2019. Exploratory network analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess the construct validity of the scale. Reliability and sociodemographic differences were evaluated. RESULTS: A 2-factor model had an adequate fit to the data [χ CONCLUSIONS: The Slovak version of the SF-8 represents a valuable tool for measuring health-related quality of life in the Slovak population in both practice and research.