Abstract:
Objective To develop a self-rated psychological sub-health questionnaire for medical students and to evaluate its validity and reliability.
Methods Based on the results of clinical interview,case study,and literature review,we worked out a self-rated psychological sub-health questionnaire and 499 medical students were asked to complete the questionnaire.The data were analyzed with project analysis,exploratory factor analysis,and reliability and validity tests.
Results The questionnaire was finally confirmed as a list of 35 items on 6 dimensions,including emotional response,learning difficulties,being world-weary or studying-weary,self cognition,somatization,and abnormal consciousness,with a cumulative contribution rate of 45.653%. The Cronbach α coefficients for the total score and 6 dimensions were 0.877 and 0.850,0.732,0.690,0.510,0.642,and 0.632,respectively.The related coefficients of 6 factors and the whole questionnaire were 0.834,0.664,0.651,0.438,0.645,and 0.607,respectively.
ConclusionThe questionnaire has a good reliability and validity,and could be used as screening tool for assessment of psychological sub-health among medical students.