Validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF in a pregnant population

Table 3 Structural validity: Factor loadings of the WHOQOL-BREF items in Confirmatory factor analyses (DWLS)

	Original domains Basic model				Original domains Correlated residuals^a				Proposed domains Basic model				Proposed domains Correlated residuals^b
Item	Phy	Psy	Soc	Env	Phy	Psy	Soc	Env	Phy	Psy	Soc	Env	Phy	Psy	Soc	Env
3	0.764				0.700				0.764				0.681
4	0.607				0.613				0.608				0.581
10	0.774				0.778				0.771				0.777
14				0.753				0.747	0.706				0.714
15	0.771				0.703				0.770				0.703
16	0.623				0.628				0.623				0.630
17	0.909				0.920				0.900				0.913
18	0.842				0.846				0.841				0.846
5		0.910				0.806				0.902				0.798
6		0.801				0.675				0.792				0.667
7		0.651				0.653				0.640				0.647
8				0.780				0.778		0.730				0.743
9				0.501				0.498		0.470				0.475
11		0.490				0.490				0.483				0.487
19		0.826				0.827				0.815				0.823
26		0.711				0.711				0.702				0.706
20			0.860				0.860				0.853				0.854
21			0.478				0.478				0.476				0.475
22			0.649				0.649				0.648				0.647
23				0.491				0.487			0.573				0.573
12				0.486				0.483				0.590				0.581
13				0.620				0.617				0.760				0.750
24				0.523				0.466				0.648				0.575
25				0.536				0.483				0.672				0.601

Note. ^aThe residuals of items 5–6, 24–25, and 3–15 were allowed to correlate; ^bThe residuals of items 5–6, 3–15, 24–25, and 3–4 were allowed to correlate; Phy = Physical domain; Psy = Psychological domain; Soc = Social domain; Env = Environmental domain.

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