Evaluation of Factor Analysis and Reliability of Persian Version of McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire

Mahsa Arab¹ Farnaz Ghassemi² Mehdi Tehrani-doost³

1) Amirkabir University of Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Tehran, Iran Email:
2) Amirkabir University of Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
3) Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Tehran, Iran Email:

IOI Code : XEBA-GFEKF
Publication : Second National Conference on Futurism in Psychology and Educational Sciences(femconf.ir)
Abstract :
    Quality of life (QOL) is one of the primary outcome measures of happiness that is an important component of many students’ life. The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychometric features of the McGill quality of life (MQOL) questionnaire in the student society. Also, this study aimed to investigate the factor analysis and also test the reliability of the Iranian version by using the MQOL questionnaire. This study was examined by exploratory factor analysis. The results of this study show that the Iranian version of the MQOL questionnaire is reliable and has good structural characteristics to measure QOL.

Keywords : psychological tests quality of life factor analysis reliability university students