Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Reliability of the 15D Portuguese Version: A Generic Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Instrument
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethics Approval
2.2. Intrument
2.3. Translation and Cultural Adaptation
2.4. Psychometric Properties
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Translation and Cultural Adaptation
- Mobility (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7129) (3 = 0.4729) (4 = 0.2526) (5 = 0.0780).
- Vision (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7840) (3 = 0.4901) (4 = 0.3137) (5 = 0.1089).
- Hearing (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7497) (3 = 0.4611) (4 = 0.2353) (5 = 0.1003).
- Breathing (1 = 1) (2 = 0.6976) (3 = 0.4771) (4 = 0.2581) (5 = 0.0879).
- Sleeping (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7615) (3 = 0.5124) (4 = 0.3015) (5 = 0.1115).
- Eating (1 = 1) (2 = 0.6462) (3 = 0.4267) (4 = 0.1984) (5 = 0.0710).
- Speech (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7033) (3 = 0.4322) (4 = 0.2471) (5 = 0.1298).
- Elimination (1 = 1) (2 = 0.6845) (3 = 0.3958) (4 = 0.1764) (5 = 0.0558).
- Usual Activities (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7210) (3 = 0.4133) (4 = 0.2182) (5 = 0.0785).
- Mental Function (1 = 1) (2 = 0.6434) (3 = 0.3750) (4 = 0.1956) (5 = 0.0489).
- Discomfort and Symptoms (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7024) (3 = 0.3960) (4 = 0.2083) (5 = 0.0617).
- Depression (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7651) (3 = 0.5148) (4 = 0.3053) (5 = 0.1576).
- Distress (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7251) (3 = 0.4786) (4 = 0.2633) (5 = 0.1255).
- Vitality (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7713) (3 = 0.5152) (4 = 0.2957) (5 = 0.1253).
- Sexual Activity (1 = 1) (2 = 0.7095) (3 = 0.4424) (4 = 0.2486) (5 = 0.1318).
3.2. Psychometric Properties
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic Variables | Mean (SD) | N (N = 8) | % |
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Age (years) | 69.87 (14.55) | - | - |
Education Grade Basic | - | 4 | 50.0 |
Secondary | - | 2 | 25.0 |
Higher | - | 2 | 25.0 |
Gender | - | ||
Male | 4 | 50.0 | |
Female | - | 4 | 50.0 |
Weight (kg) | 82.81 (13.38) | - | - |
Height (m) | 1.67 (0.10) | - | - |
BMI (kg/m2) | 29.33 (2.78) | - | - |
With Pathologies | - | 4 | 50.0 |
Healthy | - | 4 | 50.0 |
Demographic Variables | Mean (SD) | N (N = 43) | % |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 63.81 (9.5) | - | - |
Gender | |||
Male | - | 27 | 62.79 |
Female | - | 16 | 37.21 |
Weight (kg) | 80.23 (18.70) | - | - |
Height (m) | 1.64 (0.11) | - | - |
BMI (kg/m2) | 29.47 (4.55) | - | - |
Response Frequency (%) | Cronbach’s α | ||||||||||
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Test | Re-Test | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Mobility | 69.8 | 16.3 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.860 |
Vision | 62.8 | 20.9 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 16.3 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.886 |
Hearing | 81.4 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.929 |
Breathing | 62.8 | 30.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 58.1 | 32.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.897 |
Sleeping | 51.2 | 30.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 58.1 | 25.6 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 0.800 |
Eating | 95.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.796 |
Speech | 86.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 79.1 | 18.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.864 |
Elimination | 69.8 | 25.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 25.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.872 |
Usual Activities | 58.1 | 23.3 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 65.1 | 20.9 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.855 |
Mental Function | 53.5 | 37.2 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.5 | 32.6 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.821 |
Discomfort and Symptoms | 39.5 | 41.9 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 48.8 | 30.2 | 18.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.763 |
Depression | 69.8 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 27.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.883 |
Distress | 44.2 | 37.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 46.5 | 32.6 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.837 |
Vitality | 65.1 | 23.3 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 27.9 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.834 |
Sexual Activity | 41.9 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 46.5 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 0.976 |
Test Mean (SD) | Re-Test Mean (SD) | p | ICC (95% CI) | SEM | %SEM | SDR | %SDR | |
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Mobility | 0.879 (0.196) | 0.873 (0.197) | 0.783 | 0.863 (0.748 to 0.925) | 0.073 | 8.303 | 0.202 | 23.014 |
Vision | 0.871 (0.191) | 0.893 (0.182) | 0.301 | 0.885 (0.789 to 0.938) | 0.063 | 7.171 | 0.175 | 19.876 |
Hearing | 0.913 (0.191) | 0.909 (0.211) | 0.713 | 0.930 (0.872 to 0.962) | 0.053 | 5.837 | 0.147 | 16.181 |
Breathing | 0.858 (0.216) | 0.832 (0.232) | 0.199 | 0.896 (0.810 to 0.944) | 0.072 | 8.549 | 0.200 | 23.696 |
Sleeping | 0.803 (0.260) | 0.836 (0.243) | 0.452 | 0.800 (0.632 to 0.891) | 0.112 | 13.725 | 0.312 | 38.043 |
Eating | 0.983 (0.075) | 0.991 (0.53) | 0.317 | 0.796 (0.625 to 0.889) | 0.050 | 5.039 | 0.138 | 13.969 |
Speech | 0.958 (0.104) | 0.931 (0.140) | 0.059 | 0.854 (0.731 to 0.921) | 0.047 | 4.936 | 0.129 | 13.681 |
Elimination | 0.891 (0.177) | 0.891 (0.177) | 1.000 | 0.875 (0.770 to 0.932) | 0.063 | 7.023 | 0.173 | 19.468 |
Usual Activities | 0.812 (0.259) | 0.845 (0.257) | 0.279 | 0.854 (0.731 to 0.922) | 0.099 | 11.899 | 0.273 | 32.982 |
Mental Function | 0.809 (0.219) | 0.787 (0.246) | 0.673 | 0.824 (0.674 to 0.905) | 0.098 | 12.223 | 0.270 | 33.880 |
Discomfort and Symptoms | 0.754 (0.241) | 0.781 (0.251) | 0.834 | 0.766 (0.566 to 0.874) | 0.119 | 15.505 | 0.330 | 42.977 |
Depression | 0.906 (0.164) | 0.907 (0.154) | 0.763 | 0.885 (0.790 to 0.938) | 0.054 | 5.948 | 0.149 | 16.487 |
Distress | 0.780 (0.239) | 0.786 (0.236) | 1.000 | 0.840 (0.707 to 0.913) | 0.096 | 22.130 | 0.265 | 61.340 |
Vitality | 0.885 (0.182) | 0.874 (0.181) | 0.783 | 0.837 (0.700 to 0.911) | 0.073 | 8.332 | 0.203 | 23.094 |
Sexual Activity | 0.664 (0.337) | 0.701 (0.326) | 0.064 | 0.973 (0.950 to 0.985) | 0.168 | 24.575 | 0.465 | 68.120 |
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Ferreira, S.; Sintonen, H.; Raimundo, A.; Batalha, N.; Mendoza-Muñoz, M.; Perez-Gomez, J.; Parraca, J.A. Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Reliability of the 15D Portuguese Version: A Generic Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Instrument. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1099. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081099
Ferreira S, Sintonen H, Raimundo A, Batalha N, Mendoza-Muñoz M, Perez-Gomez J, Parraca JA. Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Reliability of the 15D Portuguese Version: A Generic Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Instrument. Healthcare. 2023; 11(8):1099. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081099
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerreira, Soraia, Harri Sintonen, Armando Raimundo, Nuno Batalha, María Mendoza-Muñoz, Jorge Perez-Gomez, and Jose A. Parraca. 2023. "Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Reliability of the 15D Portuguese Version: A Generic Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Instrument" Healthcare 11, no. 8: 1099. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081099