Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire
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| contents | Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire Carlos Rodrigues da Silva Filho Edmundo Chad Baracat Lucieni de Oliveira Conterno Mauro Abi Haidar Marcos Bosi Ferraz Salud Validity Climacteric Women’shealth Questionnaires Quality of life ObjectiveTo evaluate the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the Women’sHealth Questionnaire.MethodsIn order to evaluate the Women’s Health Questionnaire (WHQ), an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out at the women’s menopause outpatient clinic of a universityhospital in São Paulo, Brazil. There were studied 87 women in perimenopause ormenopause, defined as experiencing at least one year’s absence of menstrual flow. Thefollowing variables were collected: demographic data, clinical variables (Kuppermanindex and correlate numeric scale) and quality of life indexes (SF-36 and utility).ResultsThe WHQproved to be a questionnaire easily translated into Portuguese and well-adjusted to Brazilian women. The internal consistency of the overall WHQ wasexcellent (Cronbach alpha =0.83; 95% CI: 0.71-0.91). Test-retest reliability wasalso excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=0.92; 95% IC: 0.86-0.96) andhad good absolute agreement (0.84; 95% CI: 0.71-0.92). A satisfactory clinical validitywas observed. The construct validity was corroborated by clear associations withothers scales. A good index of responsiveness after the intervention was reached.ConclusionsThe Portuguese version of the WHQ is of easy and fast administration andunderstanding. Its measuring properties were related, allowing its use in the evaluationof Brazilian climacteric women’s quality of life for various purposes 2005 artículo científico 0034-8910 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240147002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=672 Revista de Saúde Pública application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Revista de Saúde Pública (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.39 |
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| spellingShingle | Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire Carlos Rodrigues da Silva Filho Salud Validity Climacteric Women’shealth Questionnaires Quality of life Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire Carlos Rodrigues da Silva Filho Edmundo Chad Baracat Lucieni de Oliveira Conterno Mauro Abi Haidar Marcos Bosi Ferraz Salud Validity Climacteric Women’shealth Questionnaires Quality of life ObjectiveTo evaluate the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the Women’sHealth Questionnaire.MethodsIn order to evaluate the Women’s Health Questionnaire (WHQ), an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out at the women’s menopause outpatient clinic of a universityhospital in São Paulo, Brazil. There were studied 87 women in perimenopause ormenopause, defined as experiencing at least one year’s absence of menstrual flow. Thefollowing variables were collected: demographic data, clinical variables (Kuppermanindex and correlate numeric scale) and quality of life indexes (SF-36 and utility).ResultsThe WHQproved to be a questionnaire easily translated into Portuguese and well-adjusted to Brazilian women. The internal consistency of the overall WHQ wasexcellent (Cronbach alpha =0.83; 95% CI: 0.71-0.91). Test-retest reliability wasalso excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=0.92; 95% IC: 0.86-0.96) andhad good absolute agreement (0.84; 95% CI: 0.71-0.92). A satisfactory clinical validitywas observed. The construct validity was corroborated by clear associations withothers scales. A good index of responsiveness after the intervention was reached.ConclusionsThe Portuguese version of the WHQ is of easy and fast administration andunderstanding. Its measuring properties were related, allowing its use in the evaluationof Brazilian climacteric women’s quality of life for various purposes 2005 artículo científico 0034-8910 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240147002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=672 Revista de Saúde Pública application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Revista de Saúde Pública (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.39 |
| title | Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: validity of women's health questionnaire |
| topic | Salud Validity Climacteric Women’shealth Questionnaires Quality of life |
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