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Development and Preliminary Validation of the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire (FIQLQ): Adult form

Development and Preliminary Validation of the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire (FIQLQ): Adult form
Development and Preliminary Validation of the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire (FIQLQ): Adult form
Background:

Approximately 20% of children and adults avoid certain foods because of perceived food intolerance. Valid and reliable health-related quality of life instruments are needed to measure changes following clinical, therapeutic or policy interventions. However, there are no disease-specific quality of life instruments for adults with food intolerances.

Objective:

To develop the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire FIQLQ. Then to conduct psychometric validation including reliability and construct validity.

Methods:

We adapted the existing Food Allergy Quality of Life questionnaire (FAQLQ) for interviews with 14 adults with food intolerance. For preliminary psychometric validation, 229 adults with food intolerances completed the online electronic version of FIQLQ.

Results:

The resultant FIQLQ had 18 items which loaded onto 3 subscales—Emotional Impact, Social and Dietary Restrictions, Reactions and Avoidance. Each subscale had excellent internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α 0.81–0.94). Content, convergent and construct validity was supported by significant correlations of FIQLQ subscale scores with hypothesised variables including age, numbers of symptoms and level of stress experienced due to intolerance.

Conclusion:

The FIQLQ has good reliability, construct validity and internal consistency. It is short and easy to use, providing a good tool for evaluating quality of life in the clinical research setting and to inform health and regulatory policies.
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DunnGalvin, Audrey, Barnett, Julie, Began, Fiona M., Ryan, Kathleen and Lucas, Jane S. (2017) Development and Preliminary Validation of the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire (FIQLQ): Adult form. Quality of Life Research. (doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1732-0).

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Abstract

Background:

Approximately 20% of children and adults avoid certain foods because of perceived food intolerance. Valid and reliable health-related quality of life instruments are needed to measure changes following clinical, therapeutic or policy interventions. However, there are no disease-specific quality of life instruments for adults with food intolerances.

Objective:

To develop the Food Intolerance Quality of Life Questionnaire FIQLQ. Then to conduct psychometric validation including reliability and construct validity.

Methods:

We adapted the existing Food Allergy Quality of Life questionnaire (FAQLQ) for interviews with 14 adults with food intolerance. For preliminary psychometric validation, 229 adults with food intolerances completed the online electronic version of FIQLQ.

Results:

The resultant FIQLQ had 18 items which loaded onto 3 subscales—Emotional Impact, Social and Dietary Restrictions, Reactions and Avoidance. Each subscale had excellent internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α 0.81–0.94). Content, convergent and construct validity was supported by significant correlations of FIQLQ subscale scores with hypothesised variables including age, numbers of symptoms and level of stress experienced due to intolerance.

Conclusion:

The FIQLQ has good reliability, construct validity and internal consistency. It is short and easy to use, providing a good tool for evaluating quality of life in the clinical research setting and to inform health and regulatory policies.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 November 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 416001
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/416001
ISSN: 0962-9343
PURE UUID: e33ca997-7fc3-4f00-abd7-3fc2f455369c
ORCID for Jane S. Lucas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-9975

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Date deposited: 30 Nov 2017 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:59

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Author: Audrey DunnGalvin
Author: Julie Barnett
Author: Fiona M. Began
Author: Kathleen Ryan
Author: Jane S. Lucas ORCID iD

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