Development and calibration of a novel social relationship item bank to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Singapore

• Published in: Health and quality of life outcomes Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 82
• Main Authors: Kwan, Yu Heng, Uy, Elenore Judy, Bautista, Dianne Carrol, Xin, Xiaohui, Xiao, Yunshan, Lee, Geok Ling, Subramaniam, Mythily, Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit, Chan, Mei Fen, Kumar, Nisha, Cheung, Yin Bun, Chua, Terrance Siang Jin, Thumboo, Julian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Asia; Banking industry; Banks (Finance); Calibration; Chronic illnesses; Correlation analysis; Culture; Dependence; Ethnic factors; Future predictions; Global health; Health surveys; Households; Interpersonal relations; Interviews; Mental health; Minority & ethnic groups; Novels; Pain; Population; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Singapore; Social networks; Studies; World health; Asia; Singapore; Interpersonal relations; Psychometrics; Singapore; Asia; Culture; Quality of life

Social relationships (SR) is an important domain of health-related quality of life. We developed and calibrated a novel item bank to measure SR in Singapore, a multi-ethnic city in Southeast Asia. We developed an initial candidate pool of 51 items from focus groups, individual in-depth interviews an...