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      The assessment of mood at workplace - psychometric analyses of the revised Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire Translated title: Die Erfassung der Befindlichkeit am Arbeitsplatz - Testung einer modifizierten Version des POMS

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          With the Profile of Mood States (POMS), a German version of an international instrument for the assessment of mood is available. The paper introduces a new short version containing 24 items and four scales. In a study about indoor climate in 4596 office workers only a few missing values were noted. Psychometric analyses showed very good characteristics of the four scales regarding their internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) and scale fit. High floor effects indicated a limited exhaustion of the scale range. Age and gender effects of the scale scores concerned the scales “vigour” and “fatigue”. Furthermore, the scales of the POMS discriminated between groups with different self-reported disease incidences. A less beneficial characteristic of the POMS could be noted in terms of a high correlation of the scales “numbness” and “fatigue". With the tested version of the POMS, a short instrument with good psychometric properties has been presented which can be assessed in healthy as well as in health-impaired persons.

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          Mit dem Profile of Mood States (POMS) liegt ein internationales Instrument zur Erfassung der psychischen Befindlichkeit in deutscher Version vor. Im Beitrag wird eine neue Kurzversion bestehend aus 24 Items und vier Skalen vorgestellt. In einer Untersuchung zum Innenraumklima an 4596 Büroangestellten wurden nur wenige fehlende Werten verzeichnet. Die psychometrische Analyse zeigte sehr gute Eigenschaften der vier Skalen hinsichtlich ihrer internen Konsistenz (Cronbach’s α) und Skalenfit. Hohe Bodeneffekte weisen auf eine nur begrenzte Ausschöpfung der Skalenspannweite hin. Alters- und Geschlechtseffekte auf die Skalenwerte betrafen nur die Skalen „Tatendrang“ und „Müdigkeit“. Darüber hinaus diskriminieren die Skalen der POMS zwischen Gruppen mit unterschiedlich stark ausgeprägten selbstberichteten Krankheitshäufigkeiten. Eine weniger günstige Eigenschaft des POMS zeigt sich dahingehend, dass die Skalen „Benommenheit“ und „Müdigkeit“ eine hohe Korrelation aufweisen. Mit der geprüften Version des Profile of Mood States wird ein kurzes Instrument mit guten psychometrischen Eigenschaften vorgestellt, das sowohl bei gesunden wie auch bei in der Befindlichkeit eingeschränkten Personen eingesetzt werden kann.

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          Adult and geriatric normative data and validation of the profile of mood states.

          The Profile of Mood States (POMS; McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman) is widely used to assess mood states. However, the utility of the POMS has been restricted by the lack of normative data from the general population. We report on our adult (N = 400) and geriatric (N = 170) POMS standardization samples. Both groups were age-, gender-, and race-stratified according to 1990 census data. We also report on convergent and discriminant validity of POMS scales, using a multitrait, multimethod paradigm.
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            Assessing the needs and quality of life of patients with HIV infection: development of the HIV Overview of Problems-Evaluation System (HOPES).

            To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties (reliability, validity etc.) of a comprehensive Quality of Life (QOL) tool, for patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), that was adapted from a previously validated cancer tool. Cross-sectional, patient completed written surveys and interviews. The Medical Centers serving HIV infected patients in the Los Angeles community including UCLA, community physicians, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, and a County hospital: and additional data contributed from Johns Hopkins University Medical Center CMV Retinitis Clinic. Patients (n = 318) with HIV infection including asymptomatic (37%), ARC (20%), AIDS (25%) and AIDS with Cancer (18%) receiving health services at one of the above sites. The patients self-administered the newly developed instrument, the HOPES (HIV Overview of Problems-Evaluation System), other QOL related tools including the Medical Outcomes Study instrument adapted for HIV (MOS-HIV) the Profile of Mood States (POMS), the Perceived Adjustment to Chronic Illness Scale (PACIS), and the Physical Activity Scale (PAS). Brief interview to assess the Karnofsky Performance Status Score (KPS). Measured sociodemographic characteristics included age, sex, race, HIV risk factor, education etc. Assessed medical history, current medications, HIV clinical classification. The sociodemographic and medical characteristics of the sample resemble those of the general population with HIV infection in this geographic area: 96% male, 28% nonwhite, 84% homosexual contact as risk factor, 75% receiving antiretroviral therapy. The adaptation of the cancer QOL instrument to HIV appears to have face and content validity according to patients and health professionals who care for HIV infected patients. Analyses of the psychometric properties found that the HOPES has a similar structure to its parent instrument following factor analyses which results in five summary scales representing the Physical, Psychosocial, Medical Interaction, Sexual and Significant Other/Partners domains in addition to a Global Score. Internal consistency of 35 subscales is high with a mean alpha coefficient of 0.82. Correlations of the HOPES summary scales with other QOL instruments are in the predicted directions. Comparing patients within the HIV clinical diagnostic categories on the HOPES Global, Physical, and Psychosocial Summary Scales indicates that Asymptomatic Patients have better QOL than symptomatic patients. This finding is also found in the other QOL instruments which provides evidence of construct validity. The HOPES is an excellent tool for identifying the problems and needs of patients with HIV infection and for assessing their quality of life. It is reliable, valid and acceptable to patients. The tool may be especially useful in developing a normative data base.
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              Profile of mood states and cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction.

              Following an acute myocardial infarction, evaluation of a patient's own perceptions of health, including mood state, provides useful information about the efficacy of rehabilitation when data are available for patients randomized to both control and intervention. Data are presented on the Profile of Mood States (POMS) in 187 patients, with mild to moderate scores for Spielberger state anxiety and/or Beck depression, who were randomized within 6 wk of acute myocardial infarction to usual care or to brief cardiac rehabilitation lasting 8 wk and who were followed-up during the 12 months following the acute event. Repeated measures multivariate analysis of covariance identified significant main as well as time effects in POMS scores over 12 months. Repeated measures analysis of variance over the 12 months demonstrated significant improvement for both depression and anxiety in both groups. At 8 wk, improvement was greater in the rehabilitation patients than usual care patients but only in the tension-anxiety, depression-dejection and vigor-activity dimensions of POMS and only in anxiety in those patients with above mean anxiety scores. Overall, rehabilitation and control patients showed similar and significant improvements in anxiety, depression and in mood states over the duration of the 12-month trial.
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                Journal
                Psychosoc Med
                GMS Psychosoc Med
                GMS Psycho-Social Medicine
                German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
                1860-5214
                10 May 2007
                2007
                : 4
                : Doc06
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Psychology of Rehabilitation, University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg and Stendal, Stendal, Germany
                [2 ]Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
                Author notes
                *To whom correspondence should be addressed: Matthias Morfeld, Psychology of Rehabilitation, University of Applied Sciences, Magdeburg and Stendal, Osterburger Strasse 25, 39576 Stendal, Tel.: ++49 39 31 21 87 4847, Fax: ++49 39 31 21 87 4870, Mobile: 0172 311 57 68, E-mail: matthias.morfeld@ 123456hs-magdeburg.de
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                psm000038
                2736534
                19742299
                dc132189-fe15-4140-87ed-acfa9e057be6
                Copyright © 2007 Morfeld et al.

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