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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Behçet's disease quality of life questionnaire
BMC Medical Research Methodology, Volume 11, Article 52, Year 2011
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Background: Currently, there is one Behçet's disease (BD) specific self reporting questionnaire developed and published in the literature, The Leeds BD-quality of life (QoL). We conducted a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Leeds BD-QoL. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 41 consecutive patients attending rheumatology clinics at the American University of Beirut Medical Center between June and December 2007. The BD-QoL questionnaire, the Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) questionnaires were co-administered during the same visit, and severity scores were calculated. Cross-cultural adaptation of BD-QoL was performed using forward and backward translations of the original questionnaire. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the final version were determined. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to assess the dimensionality of the scale items. External construct validity was examined by correlating Arabic BD-QoL with the severity score, ADL and IADL. Results: The 30 items of the adapted Arabic BD-QoL showed a high internal consistency (KR-20 coefficient 0.89) and test-retest reliability (Spearman's test 0.91). The convergence of all 30 items suggests that the 30-item adapted Arabic BD-QoL scale is unidimensional. BD-QoL did not correlate with any of the patients' demographics. Still, it was positively correlated with patient severity score (r 0.4, p 0.02), and IADL (but not ADL). Conclusions: This cross-cultural adaptation has produced an Arabic BD-QoL questionnaire that is now available for use in clinical settings and in research studies, among Arabic speaking patients. © 2011 Touma et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Touma, Zahi
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Ghandour, Lilian A.
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Mehio-Sibai, Abla
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Puzantian, Houry V.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Hamdan, Ayad
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hamdan, Omar
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Menassa, Jeanine
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Uthman, Imad W.
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Arayssi, Thurayya K.
Qatar, Doha
Weill Cornell Medicine-qatar
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2288-11-52
e-ISSN:
14712288
Research Areas
Disability
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Exploratory Study
Study Approach
Quantitative