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- Title
Validation of the World Health Organisation 5-Item Well-Being Index (WHO-5) among the Adult Population Living in a Chronically Arsenic Affected Area of Rural West Bengal in India.
- Authors
Pattnaik, Pallabi
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the World Health Organisation 5-item well-being index (WHO-5) in a sample of the adult population living in a chronically Arsenic affected area in rural West Bengal. Materials and Method: The reliability was measured through Cronbach’s alpha. For evaluating the validity of the construct, Barlett sphericity test and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sample adequacy test was conducted. Exploratory factor analysis was done to study the dimension of factors. Correlations were explored between the WHO-5 scores and study variables. Results: The mean score of the total WHO-5 score was 13.09(SD=5.276). A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.794 indicated acceptable internal consistency. The Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was significant (Chi =167.86, df=10, p<0.001). The KMO measure for sampling adequacy was 0.826. So the sample was factorable. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor structure that accounted for 56.49% variance with an eigenvalue of 2.825. A significant correlation was observed for WHO-5 with health expenditure and postponement of check-up. Conclusion: The WHO-5 well-being index showed acceptable internal validity and construct validity with a one-dimensional structure.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 3, p726
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.1384