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Psychometric Evaluation of a Questionnaire to Measure the Quality of Life of People with Profound Multiple Disabilities (QOL-PMD)
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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Because of a shortage of valid instruments to measure the QOL of people with profound multiple disabilities (PMD), the QOL-PMD was developed. In the present study, possibilities for item reduction as well as the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were examined. One hundred and forty-seven informants of people with PMD participated in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires
Psychometric Evaluation of the Dutch Version of the Mood, Interest and Pleasure Questionnaire (MIPQ)
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Petry, Katja; Kuppens, Sofie; Vos, Pieter; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Recently, several instruments have been developed to measure the subjective component of the quality of life (QOL) of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). A next step, however, must be the further validation of these instruments. The present study aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of one of these…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Quality of Life