Study on correlation between NWS scale and SF-36 scale

  Objective   To study a method of standardization study of quality of life by comparing the New Well-being quality of life scale(NWS)with the Medical Outcomes Study Short-form 36(MOS SF-36)scale.

  Methods   Studied subjects consisted of 272 ordinary residents of the Fuzhou city.The two scales of NWS and SF-36 were used as the measures.

  Results   The Correlation between the results of the two scales was studied.The cronbach α of the SF-36 scale was a little higher since the two scales both had high reliability.Comparing with the SF-36, the NWS was confirmed to have a perfect reliability.Constructive vilidity of the two scales were checked by factor analysis, which indicated that each clause was reasonable and the NWS accorded with the professional requirement.

  Conclusion   There were perfect internal homog eneity and outcome comparability, in other word, the two scales had a approximately equivalent practicability.