Development and calibration of a novel positive mindset item bank to measure health-related quality of life

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 7; p. e0220293
• 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: Public Library of Science 31.07.2019
• Subjects: Banking industry; Banks (Finance); Diagnosis; Future predictions; Health aspects; Marriage; Mood disorders; Novels; Psychometrics; Quality of life; World health; Singapore

Positive mindset (PM) is an important domain of health-related quality of life in Singapore, a multi-ethnic urban city state in Southeast Asia. We therefore developed and calibrated a novel item bank to measure and improve PM. We developed an initial candidate pool of 48 items from focus groups, in-...