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Table 4.

Psychometric properties of the instruments cited

Measurement	Internal consistency^a	Reproducibility^b	Responsiveness to change	Floor and ceiling effect	Convergent validity	Discriminate validity	Factor analysis	Face-content validity	Acceptability
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form SF36_{2,6,7,13,14,16,17,19,23,25,28,32,37,38,39,41,46}	(<0.70_2,6) 0.70–0.96_13,19,23,38	×₆	×_6,7,13,32,46	×_2,6	×_6,23,41	×_{2,6,7,13,14,16,17,19,23,25,28,32,37,39,46}	×_38,46	×₂	×_6,32
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form SF12_{30,35,42,44,47}	(<0.70₃₅) 0.79–0.92_42,44,47					x_35,44,47	x_44,47		x₄₄
Life Quality Gerontological Centre Scale (LGC)_35,36,42,45	(0.65₃₅) 0.70–0.87_36,42,45				×_42,45	×_35,36,42,45			×_36,45
Nottingham Health Profile_1,4					×₁	×_1,4			×₁
EuroQoL_6,40		×₆	×₆	×₆	×₆	×_6,40
Sickness Impact Profile_34,45	0.83₄₅		x₃₄		x₄₅	x_34,45			×₄₅
LEIPAD₁₁	0.55–0.79				×		×	×	×
Index of Health-Related Quality of Life₁₂					×	×
Quality of Life Index-Generic Version₂₀	0.92				×	×	×
Rand General Well-being₂₂						×
Global Life Satisfaction Scale₂₂						×
Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression₂₂						×
Levels of social support₃						×
Satisfaction with daily life₃						×
Single Questions₃						×
New York Heart Association₃						×
Karnofsky Dependency Category₃						×
Angina Functional class₃						×
Congestive Cardiac Failure Functional Class₃						×
Modified Red Cross Questionnarie₅					×	×			×
Perceived Quality of Life Scale₉						×
3 domains, 10 facets₁₅						×	×	×	×
Modified Patient Generated Index₁₈						×			×
Well-being₂₁					×			×
Purpose in Life Test₂₁	0.86				×			×
Sense of Coherence₂₁	0.78				×			×
Self-Esteem Scale₂₁	0.75				×			×
QoL WHO 1979, 2 questions₂₆						×
Quality of Life Survey Questionnaire₂₄	0.63–0.91				×	×		×
Control autonomy pleasure self realization (CASP)₂₇				×	×	×	×	×	×
Schedule for evaluation of individual quality of Life: direct weighting (SEIQoL-DW)₂₉						×	×
European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO)₄₃		×	×
Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Information₈						×	×
Geriatric depression scale₈						×	×
Bodily pain scale₈						×	×
Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire₁₀						×
Heart Disease: Specific Questionnaire₁₆						×
Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire₃₃					×	×
Assessment of Quality of Life Instrument₃₁		×				×
Vision Specific QOL₃₉						×

Study number as appears in Table 1

^aCronbach’s α

^bTest–retest, kappa, inter-rater-class coefficient (ICC)