Abstract:
Objective To explore the reliability and validity of World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) in evaluating the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods Two hundred and ten patients were investigated with WHOQOL-BREF and diabetes specific quality of life (DSQL).Data were analyzed in split-half reliability, criterion-related validity and spearman correlation with SPSS.
Results Split-half reliability was 0.843, criterion-related validity was 0.72. WHOQOL-BREF was related with DSQL.
Conclusion WHOQOL-BREF matched with DSQL could evaluate the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes.