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MIT-World Peace University (MIT-WPU) is a top educational institute located in Pune, India. It is recognized within&nbsp;UGC under Government of Maharashtra Act No. XXXV 2017.&nbsp;

It is part of the MIT group of institutions (established in 1983) which covers 10+ campuses across India and has more than 50,000+ students enrolled across various disciplines at a given point of time. The institute houses 15 schools ranging from Engineering &amp; Technology, Design, Pharmacy, Commerce, Governance among others. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs among different disciplines.&nbsp;

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Objective. To test the psychometric properties of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHO QOL-BREF) instrument in Indian adolescents. Methods. Of 1900 schools in Lucknow city, 20 schools were invited to participate. To make WHO QOL-BREF instrument culturally appropriate for Indian adolescents, a minor modification was done by replacing one item in Social domain"Are you satisfied with your sex life?" with"Are you satisfied with the respect you receive from others?". The revised WHO QOL-BREF was administered to subjects in school after obtaining written parental consent. Results. From August 2007 - January 2008, 525 adolescents were recruited (mean age 14.04±2.09 yr; 52.38 % males). Adolescents reported highest HRQoL in social relations and lowest in environment domain. The instrument showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's a=0.87; p-value<0.01) as well as good content, construct and predictive validity (pvalues<0.05). Psychological domain had best predictive validity, whereas, social relations domain had best content validity. Conclusion. The study provides evidence that revised WHO QOL-BREF is a reliable and valid instrument and can be used in Indian adolescents.

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Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Validation of WHO QOL-BREF instrument in Indian adolescents

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of concordance between the self-report and the parent's proxy report of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in school-going adolescents using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF instrument in India. Methods: Twenty schools were purposively selected out of the 1900 schools in Lucknow, India. About 5% adolescents (between 10-19 years) per school were randomly selected by lottery system. Subjects, whose parents consented for child's participation, completed the WHOQOL-BREF self-report and their parents filled the WHOQOL-BREF proxy-report for adolescent's HRQoL. Degree of concordance and association were assessed using Cohen's ? and Spearman's correlation, respectively. Results: Five hundred fifteen adolescents (mean age=14 years with a standard deviation of ±2 years; 48.2% females) were included $\kappa$ Statistic values ranged from fair to moderate for all facets and dimensions of HRQoL between adolescent and parent report ($\kappa$=0.31-0.58, P<01). There were moderate to very strong correlations between adolescent self and parent proxy report (r=0.62-0.81, P<01) which declined with age of adolescent. The mother's scores correlated best in psychological dimension (r=0.81-0.88, P<01) while that of father correlated best in environment dimension (r=0.81-0.79, P<01), irrespective of child's gender. Conclusion: Our study illustrated that fair to moderate agreement existed between parent proxy and subject's self-report for adolescent's HRQoL. That may be an indicator for suitability of parent's proxy report in certain dimensions, if a child is unavailable or unable to respond. However, further research may provide new insights into the determinants of concordance between subject self and parent proxy report of adolescent HRQoL. {\textcopyright} 2010 Elsevier Inc.

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

A study of concordance between adolescent self-report and parent-proxy report of health-related quality of life in school-going adolescents

Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research

A Case Study on brand health track of Tata Indicom with its competitors in Jamshedpur region

National Conference on Recent Trends in Commerce, Management and IT

A Comparative Analysis of LIC and Private Players in Insurance Industry

Recent Practices of ULIPs in India - A Comparative Analysis

EMERGING TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT \& TECHNOLOGY

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (FDPS)

A STUDY OF ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM BY SENIOR CITIZENS

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Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation \&amp; Evolution in Higher Education: a Literature Review

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The Global Economic Crisis and its impact on Fragile States