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Validation of the CASP-19 Quality of Life Measure in Three Languages in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2017

Nemala Nalathamby ,
Karen Morgan ,
Sumaiyah Mat ,
Pey June Tan ,
Shahrul B Kamaruzzaman  and
Maw Pin Tan
Nemala Nalathamby*
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Karen Morgan
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Perdana University - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (PU-RCSI), Malaysia Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Sumaiyah Mat
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Pey June Tan
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Health Services and Policy Research Division, Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore
Shahrul B Kamaruzzaman
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Maw Pin Tan
Affiliation:
Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*
address for correspondence: Nemala Nalathamby, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: n_nemala@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The CASP-19 is an age-specific measure of quality of life. It comprises four domains: control, autonomy, self-realisation and pleasure, and is widely used in large cohort studies in temperate climates. Our objective was to translate the CASP-19 into Bahasa Malaysia and validate it for use in older Malaysians in their three commonly used languages of English, Bahasa Malaysia and Traditional Chinese. CASP-19 showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability with acceptable construct validity compared with the 12-item short-form health survey. Factor analysis found the best fit for the Taiwanese five-domain model. The validity of CASP-19 may be limited by cultural differences.

Keywords

quality of lifeCASPagedMalaysian
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Journal of Tropical Psychology , Volume 7 , 2017 , e4
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2017 

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