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Health related quality of life in adult Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia patients in Cyprus: development and validation of the Greek version of the QOL-PCD questionnaire

Health related quality of life in adult Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia patients in Cyprus: development and validation of the Greek version of the QOL-PCD questionnaire
Health related quality of life in adult Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia patients in Cyprus: development and validation of the Greek version of the QOL-PCD questionnaire

Background: The QOL-PCD questionnaire is a recently developed Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. The aim of this study was to translate the adult QOL-PCD questionnaire into Greek language and to conduct psychometric validation to assess its performance. Methods: Forward translations to Greek and backward translation to English were performed, followed by cognitive interviews in 12 adult PCD patients. The finalized translated version was administered to a consecutive sample of 31 adult, Greek speaking PCD patients in Cyprus for psychometric validation, which included assessment of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct and convergent validity. Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha test in terms of the overall and sub-scales. Test-retest reliability was assessed by repeat administration of the questionnaire within 2 weeks and calculation of the intra-class correlation (ICC). Construct validity was assessed by comparing different groups of patients based on a-priori hypotheses and convergent validity was evaluated by examining associations between the QOL-PCD and SF-36 questionnaires. Results: Moderate to good internal consistency was observed (Cronbach's α: 0.46-0.88 across sub-scales) and test-retest reliability assessment demonstrated good repeatability for most scales (ICC: 0.67-0.91 across subscales). Patients of female gender, older age and lower lung function exhibited lower QOL-PCD scores in general, while high correlations for most QOL-PCD scales with corresponding SF-36 scales were observed, in particular for physical functioning (r = 0.78, p < 0.05). Conclusion: The adult version of QoL-PCD questionnaire has been translated according to international guidelines resulting to a cross-culturally validated Greek version which exhibited moderate to good metric properties in terms of internal consistency, stability, known-group and convergent validity.

Primary Ciliary dyskinesia, Psychometric testing, Quality of life
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Ioannou, Phivos, Kouis, Panayiotis, Kakkoura, Maria G, Kaliva, Margarita, Toliopoulou, Aristoula, Andreou, Kyriacos, Behan, Laura, Lucas, Jane, Pananikolaou, Viki, Charalambous, George, Middleton, Nicos and Yiallouros, Panayiotis (2020) Health related quality of life in adult Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia patients in Cyprus: development and validation of the Greek version of the QOL-PCD questionnaire. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18 (1), 1-9, [105]. (doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01360-w).

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Background: The QOL-PCD questionnaire is a recently developed Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. The aim of this study was to translate the adult QOL-PCD questionnaire into Greek language and to conduct psychometric validation to assess its performance. Methods: Forward translations to Greek and backward translation to English were performed, followed by cognitive interviews in 12 adult PCD patients. The finalized translated version was administered to a consecutive sample of 31 adult, Greek speaking PCD patients in Cyprus for psychometric validation, which included assessment of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct and convergent validity. Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha test in terms of the overall and sub-scales. Test-retest reliability was assessed by repeat administration of the questionnaire within 2 weeks and calculation of the intra-class correlation (ICC). Construct validity was assessed by comparing different groups of patients based on a-priori hypotheses and convergent validity was evaluated by examining associations between the QOL-PCD and SF-36 questionnaires. Results: Moderate to good internal consistency was observed (Cronbach's α: 0.46-0.88 across sub-scales) and test-retest reliability assessment demonstrated good repeatability for most scales (ICC: 0.67-0.91 across subscales). Patients of female gender, older age and lower lung function exhibited lower QOL-PCD scores in general, while high correlations for most QOL-PCD scales with corresponding SF-36 scales were observed, in particular for physical functioning (r = 0.78, p < 0.05). Conclusion: The adult version of QoL-PCD questionnaire has been translated according to international guidelines resulting to a cross-culturally validated Greek version which exhibited moderate to good metric properties in terms of internal consistency, stability, known-group and convergent validity.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 April 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 April 2020
Published date: 22 April 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: This study was supported by EU 7th Framework Program EC-GA No. 305404 BESTCILIA. The sponsors had no role or involvement in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s).
Keywords: Primary Ciliary dyskinesia, Psychometric testing, Quality of life

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Local EPrints ID: 439204
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439204
ISSN: 1477-7525
PURE UUID: 0aaa4a34-aeb3-4bd7-bdfb-f85a1ef4ae23
ORCID for Jane Lucas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-9975

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Date deposited: 07 Apr 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:55

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Author: Phivos Ioannou
Author: Panayiotis Kouis
Author: Maria G Kakkoura
Author: Margarita Kaliva
Author: Aristoula Toliopoulou
Author: Kyriacos Andreou
Author: Laura Behan
Author: Jane Lucas ORCID iD
Author: Viki Pananikolaou
Author: George Charalambous
Author: Nicos Middleton
Author: Panayiotis Yiallouros

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