The SF-36 Among Cambodian and Vietnamese Refugees: An Examination of Psychometric Properties

Author： Hinton Devon   Sinclair Samuel   Chung Rita   Pollack Mark  

Publisher： Springer Publishing Company

ISSN： 0882-2689

Source： Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Vol.29, Iss.1, 2007-03, pp. : 38-45

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Abstract

Among traumatized Cambodian (N=90) and Vietnamese (N=94) refugees attending a psychiatric clinic, the study examined the validity and psychometric properties of the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), a measure of self-perceived mental and physical health. In both patient samples, all eight SF-36 scales displayed excellent internal consistency (item-scale correlations and Cronbach's α). But, similar to other studies of Asian samples, (a) the Vitality (VT) scale did not separate from the Mental Health (MH) and General Health (GH) scales, as evidenced by item-scale and interscale correlations, and (b) the VT scale loaded as strongly (Vietnamese sample) or more strongly (Cambodian sample) than the MH scale on the so-called Mental Factor in a two-factor solution of the eight scales (with the GH scale also loading heavily on the same factor).

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