Multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation Outcome Checklist: Italian validation of an instrument for risk of discharge in patients with total hip and/or knee replacement

Object: This article describes the translation and cultural adaptation of the Multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation Outcome Checklist Scale in Italian and reports the procedures to test their validity and reliability. Methods: The forward and backward translation was conducted by specialized and certified translators, independently from each other. The scale was then reviewed by a group of 20 experts. The process of cultural adaptation and validation took place on a cohort of patients who performed a joint replacement of hip and/or knee surgery in two hospitals of Rome. Results: The culturally adapted scale was administered to 114 patients. It results that the interoperator reliability is equal to intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.977 for hip and ICC = 0.97 for knee. The construct validity and the responsiveness are statistically significant. Conclusion: It is a scale capable of assessing the patient in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary manner at the time of hospital discharge, useful for dismissing the patient in the most appropriate timing and with the best clinical and functional conditions.

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Validity and reliability of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005975 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 49 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marília Duarte Valim ◽

Maria Helena Palucci Marziale ◽

Miyeko Hayashida ◽

Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi Rocha ◽

Jair Lício Ferreira Santos

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Standard Precautions ◽

Standard Precaution ◽

Care Facilities

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE : To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution for nurses. METHODS : This methodological study was conducted with 121 nurses from health care facilities in Sao Paulo's countryside, who were represented by two high-complexity and by three average-complexity health care facilities. Internal consistency was calculated using Cronbach's alpha and stability was calculated by the intraclass correlation coefficient, through test-retest. Convergent, discriminant, and known-groups construct validity techniques were conducted. RESULTS : The questionnaire was found to be reliable (Cronbach's alpha: 0.80; intraclass correlation coefficient: (0.97) In regards to the convergent and discriminant construct validity, strong correlation was found between compliance to standard precautions, the perception of a safe environment, and the smaller perception of obstacles to follow such precautions (r = 0.614 and r = 0.537, respectively). The nurses who were trained on the standard precautions and worked on the health care facilities of higher complexity were shown to comply more (p = 0.028 and p = 0.006, respectively). CONCLUSIONS : The Brazilian version of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution was shown to be valid and reliable. Further investigation must be conducted with nurse samples that are more representative of the Brazilian reality. The use of the questionnaire may support the creation of educational measures considering the possible gaps that can be identified, focusing on the workers' health and on the patients' safety.

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Cultural adaptation to Brazil and psychometric performance of the “Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire”

Acta Paulista de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1982-0194201400068 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 405-411 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Karina Rospendowiski ◽

Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre ◽

Marilia Estevam Cornélio

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Measurement Instruments ◽

Brazilian Version

Objectives To culturally adapt the instrument “Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire” (EBPQ) to the Portuguese language and assess its psychometric qualities. Methods The steps of cultural adaptation of measurement instruments were followed. Reliability was verified through internal consistency, stability by test-retest, and construct validity by the contrasted groups approach. Results High Cronbach’s alpha (0.91 to 0.68) and satisfactory Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (0.90) were obtained in all domains. In assessing construct validity, significant differences were found between groups of nurses with different backgrounds. Conclusion The steps of cultural adaptation of measurement instruments have been successfully completed. The Brazilian version obtained presents reliable psychometric properties for its use in this population.

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CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION, VALIDATION, AND RELIABILITY OF THE MICHIGAN HAND OUTCOMES QUESTIONNAIRE AMONG PERSIAN POPULATION

Hand Surgery ◽

10.1142/s0218810415500033 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (01) ◽

pp. 25-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mohammad H. Ebrahimzadeh ◽

Ali Birjandinejad ◽

Amir Reza Kachooei

Keyword(s):

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Persian Version ◽

Culturally Adapted ◽

Valid Instrument ◽

Good Internal Consistency ◽

Absolute Correlation

We aimed to validate a cross-culturally adapted version of the Persian Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHOQ). We followed the Beaton's guideline to translate the questionnaire to Persian. We administered the final version to 223 patients among which 79 patients returned 3 days later to respond to the Persian MHOQ for the second time. In the first visit, respondents also filled the Disabilities of the Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and rated the pain based on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Cronbach's alpha for the total MHOQ was 0.79 which showed good internal consistency. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for the total MHOQ was 0.84 which demonstrated good reliability between test and retest. The absolute correlation coefficient between total MHOQ and the DASH was as high as 0.74. Persian version of the MHOQ proved to be a reliable and valid instrument to be implemented among Persian population with the hand and wrist disorders.

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Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the Cantonese-Chinese Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT-HK)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1158203/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Samuel Ka-Kin Ling ◽

Jasmine Yat-Ning Hui ◽

Anson Hei-Ka Tong ◽

Vivian Wai-Ting Chui ◽

Daniel Tik-Pui Fong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Ankle Instability ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Chronic Ankle Instability ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Culturally Adapted ◽

Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool

Abstract Acute ankle sprains are common amongst athletes, and screening is essential in preventing these long-term sequelae. Self-reported questionnaires, such as the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT), may help identify individuals with chronic ankle instability. To date, a Cantonese-Chinese version of the CAIT does not exist. Although several studies have cross-culturally adapted the CAIT into Chinese and Taiwan-Chinese, there are cultural differences in language use. A cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the CAIT were carried out: 46 individuals who were native in Cantonese completed the Cantonese-Chinese version of the CAIT and Chinese Foot and Ankle Outcome Score. For the test-retest analysis, the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.874. Internal consistency showed a Cronbach's ɑ value of 0.726. Construct validity against the FAOS was fair but significant with a Spearman's correlation coefficient of 0.353, 0.460, 0.303, 0.369 and 0.493 for the categories of symptoms, pain, daily function, sports function, and quality of life respectively. A cut-off score of 20.5 was determined to differentiate healthy individuals from those with chronic ankle instability for this study population. The original English CAIT was successfully translated, cross-culturally adapted and validated into Cantonese-Chinese.

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Transcultural validation of an instrument to evaluate Advanced Nursing Practice competences in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0165 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (suppl 6) ◽

Author(s):

Kamila Caroline Minosso ◽

Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Advanced Practice Nursing ◽

Advanced Practice ◽

Cronbach’S Alpha ◽

Advanced Nursing Practice ◽

Nursing Role ◽

Cronbach's Alpha ◽

Culturally Adapted ◽

Translation And Cultural Adaptation

ABSTRACT Objectives: to carry out a transcultural validation of the Modified Advanced Practice Nursing Role Delineation Tool for the Brazilian language. Methods: methodological and quantitative study, including the process of translation and cultural adaptation of the instrument. The committee of evaluators was formed by seven experts. Data collection for the pre-test took place from November 2020 to January 2021, with 30 nurses from the West of Paraná. Data analysis used Cronbach’s alpha, intraclass correlation, and kappa. Results: the agreement of the evaluator committee reached a substantial kappa of 0.68 and an intraclass correlation of 0.80, and as a result, the version for application in a pretest was approved. The pretest found a 0.98 Cronbach’s Alpha and an intraclass correlation of 0.61. Conclusions: the instrument was found to be culturally adapted and can be used in the country to identify the competences of the Primary Healthcare Nurses to develop advanced nursing practices.

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TRANSLATION AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET QUALITY INDEX IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Revista Paulista de Pediatria ◽

10.1590/1984-0462/2020/38/2018242 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Miriam Isabel Souza dos Santos Simon ◽

Gabriele Carra Forte ◽

Paulo Jose Cauduro Marostica

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Mediterranean Diet ◽

Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Quality Index ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Translation And Cultural Adaptation

ABSTRACT Objective: To translate and culturally adapt the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index in Children and Adolescent (KIDMED) for the Brazilian population. Methods: The processes of translation and cultural adaptation followed internationally standardized methodological norms. We used the intraclass correlation coefficient and the Bland-Altman dispersion analysis to assess the reproducibility and calculated the internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Results: A total of 102 children and adolescents participated in the cross-cultural adaptation, of whom 58 (56.9%) were females, with a mean age of 9.8±4.9 years. The mean overall scores of adherence to the Mediterranean diet in the test and retest were similar (8.00 and 3.80 versus 8.01 and 3.84) for children and adolescents, respectively. The intraclass correlation coefficient for children and adolescents was 0.893 and 0.998, respectively. The internal consistency was 0.72. The Bland-Altman plot analysis showed good agreement between the final scores of the test and retest questionnaires, with no statistically significant difference. Conclusions: The KIDMED questionnaire was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and culturally adapted, presenting high reproducibility. This questionnaire can, therefore, be included and used in Brazilian studies that aim at evaluating the adherence to the Mediterranean diet among children and adolescents.

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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Italian of the self-administered FLARE-RA questionnaire for rheumatoid arthritis

Reumatismo ◽

10.4081/reumatismo.2020.1230 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

N. Ughi ◽

T. Schioppo ◽

I. Scotti ◽

V. Merlino ◽

A. Murgo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Disease Activity ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Global Score ◽

Italian Version ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation

The aim was to provide a translation into Italian with cross-cultural adaptation of the French FLARE-Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) questionnaire, and to test its acceptability, feasibility, reliability and construct validity in a single-centre cohort study. The French version of the FLARE-RA questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted and translated into Italian following an established forward–backward translation procedure, with independent translations and backtranslations. To validate the Italian version we tested the internal validity with Cronbach’s alpha, test-retest reliability with the intraclass correlation coefficient, agreement between assessments with Bland-Altman plots and construct validity with Spearman’s correlation coefficients. The questionnaire was tested on 283 consecutive RA outpatients (mean age 56.1±13.9 years, 226/283 females, median disease duration 12.6 years ranging from 0.2 to 70.6). For the global score (11 items) the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.94. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.87 (95% CI, 0.76-0.96). The correlation of FLARE-RA global score was 0.59 (95% CI, 0.50-0.66) with the Disease Activity Score on 28 joints, 0.63 (95% CI, 0.55-0.71) with the Simplified Disease Activity Index, 0.77 (95% CI, 0.71-0.83) with the RA Impact of Disease and 0.67 (95% CI, 0.59-0.73) with the Health Assessment Questionnaire. The Italian version of the FLARE-RA is feasible, brief and easy to administer. The translated and cross-cultural adapted showed accordingly to be valid and reliable. This questionnaire has some practical advantages, such as clarity, comprehensiveness, simplicity, and a minimum filling time. The development of cross-cultural adapted questionnaires in different languages is of pivotal importance to obtain standardized and comparable data across countries.

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Development and validation of a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) to healthy eating and activity patterns in school children (HEAPS)

Nutrition and Health ◽

10.1177/0260106020982356 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026010602098235 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Panchali Moitra ◽

Preeti Verma ◽

Jagmeet Madan

Keyword(s):

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

School Children ◽

Content Validity ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Item Content ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Background: Development of culturally appropriate and psychometrically sound instruments that measure knowledge and health behaviors of children will help to inform appropriate interventions. Aim: To develop and test the validity and reliability of a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, and practices to healthy eating and activity patterns in school children in India. Methods: Review of literature, focus-group discussions, and theoretical constructs of the Health Belief Model guided the development of an item pool. Face and content validity were assessed by children and a panel of experts and the item content validity, item difficulty, and discrimination indices were calculated. Construct validity was determined using the principal axis method of exploratory factor analysis among a cross-sectional sample of children ( n=252). Internal consistency (Cronbach α values >0.7) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient values >0.75) were estimated. Results: Item content validity index for clarity and relevance were satisfactory (>0.80) and internal consistency for knowledge (Kuder-Richardson 20 = 0.832), attitude (Cronbach’s α = 0.912), and practice items (Cronbach’s α = 0.769) were good. Four factors (children’s eating habits, family dietary practices, and consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods) and two factors (moderate to vigorous activities and sedentary activities) explained 67.7% and 48.2% of the total variance in practice items. Intraclass correlation coefficient estimates ranged from good to excellent (0.72–0.99). Conclusions: The results of the validity and reliability of the 84-item knowledge, attitudes, and practices to healthy eating and activity patterns in schoolchildren questionnaire were promising. The detailed description of the methodology employed may prove useful to researchers conducting similar studies in children.

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A study of the validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) among adolescents

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil ◽

10.1590/s1519-38292009000300012 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 331-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 82

Author(s):

Maria Aparecida Conti ◽

Táki Athanássios Cordás ◽

Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Body Shape ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Total Population ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

The Body ◽

Validity And Reliability

OBJECTIVES: to produce evidence of the validity and reliability of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) - a tool for measuring an individual's attitude towards his or her body image. METHODS: the study covered 386 young people of both sexes aged between 10 and 18 from a private school and used self-applied questionnaires and anthropometric evaluation. It evaluated the internal consistency, the discriminant validity for differences from the means, according to nutritional status (underweight, eutrophic, overweight and obese), the concurrent validity by way of Spearman's correlation coefficient between the scale and the Body Mass Index (BMI), the waist-hip circumference ratio (WHR) and the waist circumference (WC). Reliability was tested using Wilcoxon's Test, the intraclass correlation coefficient and the Bland-Altman figures. RESULTS: the BSQ displayed good internal consistency (±=0.96) and was capable of discriminating among the total population, boys and girls, according to nutritional status (p<0.001). It correlated with the BMI (r=0.41; p<0.001), WHR (r=-0.10; p=0.043) and WC (r=0.24; p<0.001) and its reliability was confirmed by intraclass correlation (r=0.91; p<0.001) for the total population. The questionnaire was easy to understand and could be completed quickly. CONCLUSIONS: the BSQ presented good results, thereby providing evidence of its validity and reliability. It is therefore recommended for evaluation of body image attitudes among adolescents.

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Urdu Translation and Validation of Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale

10.53350/pjmhs2115123505 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. 3505-3508

Author(s):

Noor Ul Ain Fatima ◽

Qurat-Ul- Ain ◽

Fareeha Kausar ◽

Mian Ali Raza ◽

Misbah Waris ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Content Validity ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Test Reliability ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

A Value ◽

Abc Scale ◽

Translation And Validation

Objective: To translate and validate the ABC-Scale in Urdu language to predict risk of fall in older population. Study design: Cross-cultural Translation and validation Place and Duration: Study was conducted in older adult community of Sialkot from March 2020 to December 2020. Methodology: Translation of ABC in Urdu was conducted by using Beaton et al guidelines. Two bilingual translators translated the original version into Urdu language step wise, correction process was followed. Then two backward translations were done by language expert. After all this process, the translated version was reviewed by the professionals and the final version was applied on 15 individuals. Its reliability and validity was tested on 60 older adults. Results: For test re test reliability, intra class correlation coefficient ICC was measured with a value of 0.984 Which shows good test re-test reliability. The internal consistency and reliability of ABC was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha for total score with a value of 0.985. Content validity was good with values of CVI ranging from 0.767 to 0.955. To test the discriminative validity, independent t test was used to show the difference between the healthy and unhealthy adults. Factor analysis of UABC showed total variance 81.277 and cumulative variance was also 81.277. To calculate construct validity of U-ABC Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used and measured as 0.558. Conclusion: It was concluded that Urdu version of UABC is a valid assessment tool for older adults with fear of fall. It has good content validity, construct validity and reliability. Keywords: activities specific balance scale, validation, Urdu translation, reliability, tool translation

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