scholarly journals Development and Validation of The Modified Falls Efficacy Scale Indonesian Version

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Putu Martha ◽  
Raditya Kurniawan Djoar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Development And Validation

<p><em>Fear of falling causes a decrease quality of life of elderly. Tool for identified fear of falling is Modified FES I adopted from FES I. FES-I needs to be developed because it’s used for people with disabilities so it’s not sensitive to assess fear of falling in elderly. Content validation and internal consistency of tools need to be done. Original instrument was translated into Bahasa by two linguists and health professionals. Translation results were translated back into English by two other translators. After considering language equality, content validity was tested by 7 geriatricians (physiotherapists, lecturers and doctors). 105 elderly (±76 years old) in nursing homes were selected by proportional random sampling. Validity index (CVI) and Cronbach's alpha are used to analyze the questionnaire. Modified FES-I contains 16 items. CVI results was &gt; 0.8 for item level and&gt; 0.9 for the entire questionnaire. Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11 need to be modified according to the culture and conditions in Indonesia and 12 need to be modified because it overlaps with number 11. Internal consistency is very good (0.957). The results showed, Modified FES-I is valid and can be used to measure fear of falling in elderly in Indonesia</em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p>

Development and Validation of Remarried-After- Divorce Quality of Life Questionnaire (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbasali Yazdani ◽  
Fardin Alipour
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Residual Effects ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
P Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

BACKGROUND As divorce rate grows, the incidence of remarriage may rise as well. In Iran, remarriage is tremendously encouraged by law and religion for the divorcees. Nevertheless, the quality of life of people who remarry after divorce is not guaranteed in literature of research. OBJECTIVE This study has been conducted to design and validate the questionnaire of Remarried after Divorce Quality of Life (RADQOL) to examine quality of life for post-divorce-remarried persons. METHODS Item pool was prepared by a qualitative phase, face and content validity was administered and then 252 remarried divorcees with the mean age of 38.4 (27≤X≥57) were found utilizing a convenience sampling method to participate in the study. RESULTS Factor analysis illuminated 24 items with 6 sub-factors for the questionnaire including, intrapersonal changes, relations to spouse, relations to family, relations to relatives, interactions to living environment, and residual effects of divorce. Items showed good factor loadings and high internal consistency within sub-factors. Alpha Cronbach’s value was more than 0.6 showing an acceptable internal consistency. CONCLUSIONS RADQOL is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate quality of life for Iranian remarried- after- divorce populations.

scholarly journals The development and validation of the CARe Burn Scale: Child Form: a parent-proxy-reported outcome measure assessing quality of life for children aged 8 years and under living with a burn injury

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catrin Griffiths ◽  
Ella Guest ◽  
Timothy Pickles ◽  
Linda Hollèn ◽  
Mariusz Grzeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Psychometric Analyses ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Parent Proxy

Abstract Purpose Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) identify patient needs and therapeutic progress. This paper outlines the development and validation of the CARe Burn Scale: Child Form, a parent-proxy-reported outcome measure that assesses quality of life in children aged 8 and under living with a burn injury. Methods A literature review and interviews with 12 parents of children with a burn and seven health professionals informed the development of a conceptual framework and draft PROM. Cognitive debriefing interviews with 18 parents and eight health professionals provided feedback to ascertain content validity, and 311 parents took part in field testing. Rasch and traditional psychometric analyses were conducted to create a shortened version. Further psychometric analyses with 133 parents tested the shortened CARe Burn Scale in relation to other parent-proxy measures. Results The final conceptual framework included 5 domains: Social and Emotional Difficulties, Social and Emotional Well-Being, Wound/Scar Discomfort, Wound/Scar Treatment and Physical Abilities. Two scales fulfilled Rasch and traditional psychometric analyses, providing evidence of construct validity, acceptability, and reliability. Three scales did not fulfil the Rasch criteria and were retained as checklists. Compared to other parent-proxy measures, individual CARe Burn Scales correlated moderately with similar constructs and had low correlations with dissimilar constructs, indicating evidence of criterion validity (concurrent and discriminant). Conclusions The CARe Burn Scale: Child Form can be used to measure children’s quality of life after having a burn injury which can inform rehabilitation and surgical decision-making.

Development and validation of the EUROLIGHT questionnaire to evaluate the burden of primary headache disorders in Europe

Cephalalgia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1082-1100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette Andrée ◽  
Michel Vaillant ◽  
Jessica Barre ◽  
Zaza Katsarava ◽  
Jose Miguel Lainez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire

We developed a 103-item self-reporting questionnaire to assess the burden of primary headache disorders on those affected by them, including headache characteristics, associated disability, co-morbidities, disease-management and quality of life. We validated the questionnaire in five languages with 426 participants (131 in UK, 60 in Italy, 107 in Spain, 83 in Germany/Austria, and 45 in France). After a linguistic and a face-content validation, we tested the questionnaire for comprehensibility, internal consistency and test–retest reliability at an interval of one month. In the different countries, response rates were between 73% and 100%. Test–retest reliability varied between –0.27 to 1.0 depending of the nature of the expected agreement. The internal consistency was between 0.69 and 0.91. The EUROLIGHT questionnaire is suitable for evaluating the burden of primary headache disorders, and can be used in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

scholarly journals Development and validation of the Portuguese version of the WHOQOL-OLD module

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 785-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo P Fleck ◽  
Eduardo Chachamovich ◽  
Clarissa Trentini
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Development And Validation

OBJECTIVE: The increasing proportion of older adults in the general population and the specific characteristics of this age group show the need for the development of specific instruments to measure quality of life in older adults. The study aimed at describing the development and validation of the Portuguese version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life for Older Persons (WHOQOL-OLD) module. METHODS: The WHOQOL-OLD instrument was administered in a sample of 424 older adults in the city of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, in 2005. The questionnaire comprises 24 items divided into six facets: sensory abilities; autonomy; past, present and future activities; social participation; death and dying; and intimacy. Besides the WHOQOL-OLD module, the WHOQOL-BREF, BDI and BHS instruments were also applied. The instrument's internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. RESULTS: The instrument showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's coefficients ranging from 0.71 to 0.88), discriminant validity (p<0.01), concurrent validity (correlation coefficients ranging from -0.61 to -0.50) and test-retest reliability (correlation coefficients ranging from 0.58 to 0.82). Findings concerning criterion validity need further studies. CONCLUSIONS: The WHOQOL-Old module is a useful alternative with good psychometric performance in the investigation of quality of life in older adults.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of an Educational Booklet for Sunnah Practices in Improving Quality of Life

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Islami Mohd Fahmi Teng ◽  
Nashrah Adilah Ismail ◽  
Nazrul Hadi Ismail ◽  
Thuraya Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Item Level ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Eating Practices ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Open Access Article

Sunnah eating practices refers to the practices promoted by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that has healthy lifestyle elements. This paper describes the validation process of an educational booklet for sunnah eating practices to improve the Quality of Life among adults population. This study involves three steps; development of the booklet, validation of the booklet by 22 judges, and by 20 adults. The result of the Item-level Content Validity Index (I-CVI) for the booklet exceeds 0.80. Thus, the booklet was validated and should be used by healthcare professionals to assist on eating practices to improve the quality of life.Keywords: Sunnah; Eating practice; Physical activity; Educational booklet.ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

18: Measuring Quality-of-Life after Surgery: Development and Validation of the Convalescence and Recovery Evaluation (CARE)

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
Brent K. Hollenbeck ◽  
J. Stuart Wolf ◽  
Rodney L. Dunn ◽  
Martin G. Sanda ◽  
David P. Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Development And Validation

HUBUNGAN PERAN FAMILY CAREGIVER TERHADAP QUALITAS HIDUP LANSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
RIANI PRADARA JATI ◽  
Sekar Farah Nabila
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Family

  Penempatan peran yang baik bagi Family Caregiver sangatlah membantu lansia dalam meningkatkah qualitas hidupnya, meningkatkan motivasi dalam menjalankan hidup Penelitian ini bertujuan Mengetahui hubungan peran Family Caregiver dalam pemenuhan qualitas hidup bagi lansia di Kelurahan Langenharjo Kabupaten Kendal. DesainPenelitianDeskriptifKorelasional menggunakan pendekatan Krosectional,tehnikSamplingStratified Simple Random Sampling dengan karakteristik heterogen, dari populasi mempunyai hak yang sama untuk diseleksi sebagai sampel teknik undianPengambilan data dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya. Uji statistik Chi-square, dengan taraf signifikasi 5%jumlah sampel pada penelitian ini 70 sampel pada Family Caregiver dari 213 populasi yang ada. Hasil penelitian dari 70 responden didapatkan Peran Family Caregiver tidak baik dengan qualitas hidup tidak baik 33 (47,1%), sedangkan Peran Family Caregiver kurang baik dengan qualitas hidup lansia baik 3 (4,3%). Untuk distribusi Peran Family Caregiver kurang baik dengan qualitas hidup lansia tidak baik sebanyak 6 responden (8,6%) sedangkan untuk distribusi Peran Family Caregiver kurang baik dengan qualitas hidup lansia baik sebanyak 23 responden (32,9%). Terakhir, untuk distribusi Peran Family Caregiver baik dengan qualitas hidup lansia tidak baik didapatkan hasil 2 responden (2, 9%) sedangkan untuk distribusi Peran Family Caregiver baik dengan qualitas hidup lansia baik didapatkan hasil 3 responden (4,3%)Menunjukkan nilai ρ value 0,001 (ρ < 0,05) berarti ada hubungan antara dukungan keluarga dengan kepatuhan lansia dalam keikutsertaan posyandu lansia. Disarankan kepada semua Family Cregiver lansia untuk mampu memahami pentingnya perhatian, dukungan bagi lansia dalammeningkatkan qualitas hidup yang lebih baik bagi lansia.   Kata kunci : Peran family caregiver, qualitas hidup, lansia.   ABSTRACT Placement of a good role for Family Caregiver is very helpful for the elderly to improve their quality of life, increase motivation in living life Research Objective: To know the relationship between the role of Family Caregiver in fulfilling quality of life for the elderly in Langenharjo Village, Kendal Regency. Descriptive Correlational Research Design uses a cross sectional approach, Sampling Stratified Simple Random Sampling technique with heterogeneous characteristics, from the population has the same right to be selected as a sample lottery technique Retrieving data using a questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability. Test Chi-square statistics, with a significance level of 5% the number of samples in this study 70 samples on the Family Caregiver from 213 populations. Results of the Study Of 70 respondents found the role of Family Caregiver was not good with poor quality of life 33 (47.1%) , while the role of the Family Caregiver is not good with the quality of life of a good elderly 3 (4.3%). For the distribution of the role of Family Caregiver is not good with the quality of life of the poor family as many as 6 respondents (8.6%) while for the distribution of the Role of Family Caregiver is not good with the quality of life of good elderly as many as 23 respondents (32.9%). Finally, the distribution of the Role of Family Caregiver with good quality of life for the poor is obtained by 2 respondents (2, 9%), while the distribution of the Role of Family Caregiver with good quality of life for the elderly is obtained by 3 respondents (4.3%). 0.001 (ρ <0.05) means that there is a relationship between family support and the compliance of the elderly in the participation of the elderly posyandu. It is recommended to all elderly Cregiver families to be able to understand the importance of attention, support for the elderly in improving the quality of life better for the elderly   Keywords: Role of Family Caregiver, Quality of Life, Elderly

Translation and Validation of the Thai Version of the Wisconsin Quality of Life Questionnaire (TH WISQoL) for Kidney Stone Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (11) ◽  
pp. 1194-1199
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Kidney Stone ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Sf 36

Objective: To develop and validate a Thai version of the Wisconsin Quality of Life (TH WISQoL) Questionnaire. Materials and Methods: The authors developed the TH WISQoL Questionnaire based on a standard multi-step process. Subsequently, the authors recruited patients with kidney stone and requested them to complete the TH WISQoL and a validated Thai version of the 36-Item Short Form Survey (TH SF-36). The authors calculated the internal consistency and interdomain correlation of TH WISQoL and compared the convergent validity between the two instruments. Results: Thirty kidney stone patients completed the TH WISQoL and the TH SF-36. The TH WISQoL showed acceptable internal consistency for all domains (Cronbach’s alpha 0.768 to 0.909). Interdomain correlation was high for most domains (r=0.698 to 0.779), except for the correlation between Vitality and Disease domains, which showed a moderate correlation (r=0.575). For convergent validity, TH WISQoL demonstrated a good overall correlation to TH SF-36, (r=0.796, p<0.05). Conclusion: The TH WISQoL is valid and reliable for evaluating the quality of life of Thai patients with kidney stone. A further large-scale multi-center study is warranted to confirm its applicability in Thailand. Keywords: Quality of life, Kidney stone, Validation, Outcome measurement

scholarly journals Quality of Life in Caregivers of Children and Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Development and Validation of the Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 924
Author(s):  
Claudia B. Pratesi ◽  
Alessandra Baeza Garcia ◽  
Riccardo Pratesi ◽  
Lenora Gandolfi ◽  
Mariana Hecht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Autistic Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autistic Spectrum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Domains

Studies have shown that children and adolescents with autism and their relatives present a high level of stress and more family problems, impacting parents’ and caregivers’ quality of life (QoL). Despite studies on this subject, there is no specific questionnaire to evaluate QoL in parents or caregivers of children and adolescents with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) in Brazil. Therefore, this study’s primary purpose was to develop and validate a specific questionnaire to evaluate QoL in these individuals. The study was performed using the following steps: development of the ASD Parent/caregiver QoL questionnaire (autistic spectrum disorder parent/caregiver quality of life—ASDPC-QoL), subjective evaluation, validation of the questionnaire by the Delphi method, assessment of internal consistency, responsiveness, and reliability of the ASLPC-QoL, and administration of the questionnaire to 881 Brazilian ASD caregivers or parents. ASDPC-QoL comprises 28 questions divided into four domains (social, concerns, physical and mental health) with good psychometric properties (reproducibility, reliability, internal consistency, responsiveness, and validity). Our data showed that worries and physical health were the domains with the lowest scores in ASDPCA-QoL. ASDPCA-QoL did not differ among gender and age of child considering the total and all domains. Older participants (≥41 y/o) presented the best scores for social and worries domains but did not differ in other domains and the total. Parents or caregivers of ASD children diagnosed for more than three years have better mental and physical health domains than those recently diagnosed (up to 1 year) but did not differ in the total and other domains. Individuals with a partner and with the highest educational level present the best score for the social domain. Employed individuals showed better scores than unemployed ones for all domains and the total, except for worries, which did not differ. It also occurred comparing the individuals that do not use antidepressants and the ones that use them. Assessing and better understanding the QoL of caregivers is highly relevant. By understanding the social, worries, physical, and emotional health domains of caregivers, it is possible to track harmful aspects, prevent and treat pathologies, in addition to assisting in the implementation of effective public policies.

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