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KMID : 0371019970300020251
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1997 Volume.30 No. 2 p.251 ~ p.265
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Reliability and Validity on Measurement Instrument for Health Status Assessment in Occupational Workers
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Koh Sang-Baek
Chang Sei-Jin
Kang Myung-Guen
Cha Bong-Suk
Park Jong-Ku
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Abstract
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In order to test scaling assumption, and to assess the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the Short Form 36(SF-36) health survey questionnaire, we conducted a survey. Samples were 296 workers who had been employed in small sized companies. All scale passed for item internal consistency(100% sucess rate) and item discriminant validity(100% success rate). Reliability coefficients were rangedfrom the lowest 0.51 to the highest of 0.85. For 87.5% of the total workers, inconsistent responses were not observed. Only 3.0% of the total workers failed two or more checks. Factor analysis was performed using principal axis factor method and quartimaxrotation.
In this survey, the SF-36 retained available psychometric pjrbperties even when used in a generally healthy worker group. But further study with some consideration to develope health status measurement is expected ; first, the definition of health status should be rationalized. Second, the measurement of outcome´ is an important consideration in evaluations of quality of care. But ambiguities hinder understanding of this important topic. Third, internal consistency should be interpreted with caution as an indication reliability because it ignores potentially important sources of variation that can occur over time.
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KEYWORD
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health status, measurement instrument, scaling assumption, reliability, validity
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