RESEARCH ARTICLE


Quality of Life Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relationships to Healthy Behavioral Patterns



Mercè Boixadós*, Modesta Pousada, Javier Bueno, Lourdes Valiente
Department of Psychology and Education, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

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Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2009
Volume: 2
First Page: 49
Last Page: 56
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-2-49
DOI: 10.2174/1874350100902010049

Article History:

Received Date: 04/07/2008
Revision Received Date: 21/01/2009
Acceptance Date: 02/06/2009
Electronic publication date: 12/8/2009
Collection year: 2009

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya-www.uoc.edu, Rambla del Poblenou 156, 08018 Barcelona; Tel: 933 263 894; Fax: 933 568 822; E-mail: mboixados@uoc.edu


Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of life in a healthy population from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) using the “Quality of life Questionnaire” (QoLQ), which was developed in our cultural context and to examine its psychometric properties. A secondary goal is to explore the relationship between quality of life perception and healthy behavior profiles. Data were obtained from 264 participants with access to the online Campus who answered a web version of the questionnaire (QoLQ). Our results indicate that the psychometric properties of the instrument are satisfactory and the original factorial structure is confirmed: Social Support, General Satisfaction, Physical/Psychological well-being and Absence of work overload/Free time. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for internal consistency ranged from 0.82 to 0.89 for the subscales and was 0.93 for the total items. A new variable called healthy behavioral pattern was generated from the answers of a chronogram of daily activities. The statistical significant differences (95% CI and t-values) across more healthy and less healthy behavior profiles reveal that the former perceive a higher quality of life.

Keywords: Quality of life Questionnaire, healthy behavior profile, internet user, psychometric properties.