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Basic and Translational Medicine
Translational medical research of cardiovascular disease
GW23-e2383
RESEARCH ON RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE IN PATIENTS WITH VIRAL MYOCARDITIS
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  1. Guo Xiao-chen1⇓,
  2. Zhang Jun-ping1,
  3. Zhu Ya-ping1,
  4. Zhou Ya-nan2,
  5. Lv Shi-chao2,
  6. Xiao Nan2,
  7. Zhang Jun-ping1
  1. 1The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  2. 2Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Abstract

    Objectives To evaluate the reliability and validity of Quality of Life Scale in Patients with Viral Myocarditis (QOL-VMC Scale) after item selection.

    Methods 100 patients who were diagnosed viral myocarditis and 100 healthy volunteers filled in the QOL-VMC Scale. Methods such as t-test, correlation analysis and multivariant stepwise regression analysis were applied to evaluate the reliability and validity.

    Results The evaluation showed that the scale had good test-retest reliability, split-half reliability, consistency reliability, content validity and discriminant validity. The overall construct validity basically matched the initial scale idea of designers.

    Conclusions The QOL-VMC Scale is proved with good reliability and validity, so it can be used as the supplement of clinical indexes to evaluate the therapeutic effect of viral myocarditis.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302920c.12

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