Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Palliative Medicine
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kim, S H
Right arrow Articles by Heo, D S
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kim, S H
Right arrow Articles by Heo, D S
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Validation study of the Korean version of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire

S H Kim

Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi

S K u

Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi

Y H Yun

Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, lawyun08{at}ncc.re.kr

C G Lee

Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul

Y S Choi

Department of Family Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul

W S Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeong-Sang National University Hospital, Jinju

S Y Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Kyunghee University Hospital, Seoul

D S Heo

Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul

This study aimed to test the reliability and validity of the Korean version of McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL-K) for use with 140 palliative care patients in Korea. Our results confirmed the suitability of using the 16 questions of the questionnaire clustered into four domains (physical, psychological, existential and support) as in the original version of the MQOL, although the distribution of items among the domains differed somewhat from the original. The MQOL-K demonstrated moderate to high internal consistency (Cronbach's {alpha}, 0.62—0.90), convergent validity without scaling error, and a good concurrent validity with European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30, sense of dignity, and general health perception. In addition, we tested the clinical validity of the MQOL-K using a known group comparison to quantify sensitivity. Regression results indicated that the existential and psychological domains had independent effects on the overall quality of life of patients in Korea. Therefore, the MQOL-K is deemed suitable for assessing the quality of life in a Korean palliative care setting. Palliative Medicine 2007;> 21 : 441—447

Key Words: McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire • validation

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 5, 441-447 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307079816
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Palliat MedHome page
M. Tsujikawa, K. Yokoyama, K. Urakawa, and K. Onishi
Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire assessed by application in palliative care wards
Palliative Medicine, October 1, 2009; 23(7): 659 - 664.
[Abstract] [PDF]