Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Volume 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-123

Development of a Vietnamese version of the short form-36 health survey (Article)

Watkins R.E.* , Plant A.J. , Sang D. , O'Rourke T. , Gushulak B.
  • a Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, WA, Australia, Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
  • b Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, WA, Australia
  • c Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • d International Organisation for Migration, Zagreb, Croatia
  • e International Organisation for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

We aimed to test the psychometric properties of a culturally relevant translation of the medical outcomes study short form-36 health survey (SF-36) with prospective Vietnamese migrants. The translated survey was interviewer-administered to 1610 Vietnamese aged over 15 years who had applied to migrate to Australia. All but two SF-36 items had good discriminant validity, and all eight scales of the Vietnamese version of the SFS-36 had good discriminant validity, which supports the use of SF-36 constructs to assess self-reported health status among Vietnamese migrants. However, the mental health, vitality and bodily pain scales demonstrated low internal consistency. This finding is likely to be a product of the increased diversity among scale items following modifications to improve cultural relevance. Further modifications to improve the internal consistency of these scales are required.

Author Keywords

Measurement SF-36 Health status Vietnamese Self-report

Index Keywords

Vietnam Australia validation study human middle aged health status Aged Health Surveys ethnology Humans Adolescent male female Aged, 80 and over Viet Nam Psychometrics psychometry Article adult migration Emigration and Immigration health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034584190&doi=10.1177%2f101053950001200211&partnerID=40&md5=ac3707843bce54a78b1b7b05c45484ab
DOI: 10.1177/101053950001200211
ISSN: 10105395
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English