The adaptation process and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Polish version of Kiddo-KINDL questionnaire

Abstract The assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is increasingly important in fields of public health, medicine, sociology and psychology. The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Polish version of generic Kiddo-KINDL questionnaire for adolescents. The psychometric evaluation was performed using 96 questionnaires fulfilled by adolescents aged 12–16 years. Cronbach’s α coefficient for internal consistency and split-half reliability was estimated as well as ceiling, floor effect and correlations among the subscales and total score. The mean reliability for subscales was 0.65 and the Cronbach’s α coefficient for the total score was 0.85. The lowest α coefficient was for the School dimension (0.44) and the highest was achieved for the Self-esteem (0.80). The correlation between two parts of the questionnaire and split-half reliability was 0.66 and 0.80 respectively. The first psychometric evaluation of the Polish Kiddo-KINDL showed promising basic measurement properties, but it needs farther assessment, including convergent, construct and discriminant validity estimation.

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Psychometric evaluation of the Polish version of the Arrhythmia‑Specific Questionnaire in Tachycardia and Arrhythmia: a new tool for symptom and health‑related quality of life assessment

Kardiologia Polska ◽

10.5603/kp.a2019.0046 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 77 (5) ◽

pp. 541-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Katarzyna Lomper ◽

Agnieszka Sławuta ◽

Krzysztof Dudek ◽

Grzegorz Mazur ◽

Ulla Walfridsson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Life Assessment ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Quality Of Life Assessment ◽

Specific Questionnaire ◽

Polish Version ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Development and psychometric evaluation of a health-related quality of life instrument for individuals with adult-onset hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology ◽

10.3109/14992027.2016.1166397 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 55 (7) ◽

pp. 381-391 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carren J. Stika ◽

Ron D. Hays

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Hearing Loss ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Adult Onset ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Life Instrument ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Inflammatory bowel disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments: a systematic review of measurement properties

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-017-0753-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Xin-Lin Chen ◽

Liang-huan Zhong ◽

Yi Wen ◽

Tian-Wen Liu ◽

Xiao-Ying Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Measurement Properties ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Inflammatory Bowel ◽

Quality Of Life Instruments ◽

Disease Specific ◽

Specific Health

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Patient Reported Outcome Measures Assessing Health-Related Quality Of Life in Dupuytren´S Disease: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science ◽

10.23958/ijirms/vol05-i01/803 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Diego Gómez Herrero ◽

Rafael Sanjuan-Cerveró ◽

Pedro Vazquez-Ferreiro ◽

Francisco Javier Carrera-Hueso ◽

Marina Sáez-Belló ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Outcome Measures ◽

Patient Reported Outcome Measures ◽

Measurement Properties ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Patient Reported ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

Objective: The objective of this study is to carry out a systematic review of the outcome measures reported by the patient that are used to measure the quality of life of patients with Dupuytren´s disease (DD), assessing their relevance and effectiveness. Methods: A systematic literature search was carried out in the PubMed®, Web of Sciencie®, SciELO®, EMBASE®, Google Scholar® and Cochrane® databases. We searched for peer-reviewed articles evaluating health related quality of life (HR-QoL) in patients with DD diagnosed and/or treated until April 1, 2017, for English or Spanish language. The following keywords were used: “Dupuytren´s disease (MeSH)” AND “health related quality of life (MeSH)”. The documents were eligible for inclusion if they described data on the HR-QoL domains in relation to diagnosis or treatment of DD after a revision process by two independent authors. The checklist (STROBE) was used to evaluate the quality of the works. Results: From 352 identified articles were finally selected 26 studies in the systematic review, mostly European. A total of nine outcomes measures specifically reported by the patient were identified: DASH (used in 13 of the 26 selected studies), Quick-DASH (8/26), MHQ (7/26), briefMHQ (1/26), URAM (4/26), POS-HAND/ARM (1/26), SDSS (1/26), DDSP (1/26) and CHFS (1/26) questionnaires. We analyze their quantitative results to evaluate the effectiveness and evaluate the methodological quality of the studies on the measurement properties of the results reported by patients related to health. Conclusion: More work is urgently needed in these areas before we can reach a consensus on which instrument is the best to assess functional deterioration and improvement in patients with DD.

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Relationship between degree of dyspnoea and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo ◽

10.2298/sarh0710547g ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 135 (9-10) ◽

pp. 547-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Branislav Gvozdenovic ◽

Sasa Mitic ◽

Vladimir Zugic ◽

Aleksandar Gvozdenovic ◽

Nada Lazovic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Pulmonary Disease ◽

Measurement Properties ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

Introduction Dyspnoea is a characteristic symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which impairs everyday functioning of patients. Objective The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between the degree of dyspnoea of COPD patients and their health-related quality of life. Method We measured the degree of dyspnoea and health-related quality of life in 85 COPD outpatients (46 male; mean age was 58 ? 12 years; mean forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) was 47.9?18.6% predicted). The degree of dyspnoea was assessed by Baseline Dyspnoea Index (BDI), List of Daily Activities (DAL), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Modified MRC Dyspnoea Scale, and Borg Category Scale (BCS). The patients filled two standardized questionnaires for measuring health-related quality of life: the generic one - 15D, and the respiratory specific one - the St George?s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). Total 15D and SGRQ scores, as well as the scores for individual domains of SGRQ (symptoms, activity and impact scores) for each patient were calculated. In 40 out of 85 patients, the same procedure was repeated at the follow-up, with a mean 4-week interval between the visits. Results There were statistically highly significant correlations (p<0.01) between values of all dyspnoea scale scores evaluated and all the health-related quality of life scores. The highest degree of correlation of both total SGRQ and 15D scores was found for the values of BCS (r=0.731 and -0.776, respectively). A statistically significant correlation between the changes of all SGRQ (but not 15D) scores and all dyspnoea score changes (except for MRC) were also recorded. Conclusion The degree of dyspnoea of COPD outpatients that could be well-determined by the scales used in our study clearly reflects the impairment of their health-related quality of life as assessed by the instruments used. All of the questionnaires we used in this study have good measurement properties for their purposes.

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