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. 2012 Aug 9;12:630. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-630

Table 5.

Fit indices for the EFA models vs. WHO four-factor models of the original WHOQOL-BREF

Fit indices
Our EFA models
WHO 4-factor models
 
Healthy referents
Patients with TB
Healthy referents
Patients with TB
  4F model 6F model 4F model 4F model
Number of parameters
71
84
84
84
Discrepancy (χ2)
359.648*
370.850*
533.099*
568.568*
(df)
(204)
(215)
(293)
(293)
Relative chi-square
1.763
1.725
1.819
1.941
CFI
0.864
0.862
0.808
0.775
RMSEA
0.077
0.072
0.08
0.082
AIC 501.648 538.85 701.099 736.568

Notes: df = degree of freedom; 4F model = 4-factor model; 6F model = 6-factor model; CFI = Comparative fit index; RMSEA = root mean square error; AIC = Akaike index. Ideal fit indices are nonsignificant discrepancy (p > .05), relative chi-square < 3, CFI > .9, RMSEA ≦ .08, lower AIC.

* p < .001.