P Tailachidis1,2, Z Tsimtsiou3, P Galanis2,4, M Theodorou2, D Kouvelas1, K Athanasakis2,5. 1. 2nd Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2. Faculty of Economics and Management, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. 3. Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece. 4. Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Department of Nursing, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. 5. Department of Health Economics, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
Abstract
AIM: To adapt cross-culturally the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy-of-Life (AFEQT) for use in Greek patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and to evaluate its psychometric properties. METHODS: Professional translators were involved in the inverse translation procedure. Twenty patients with AF participated in the cultural adaptation procedure. One hundred two consecutive patients participated in the validation process that included reliability (internal consistency, test-retest reliability) and validity assessment (face validity, construct validity). RESULTS: Greek AFEQT showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha for overall scale: 0.97, subscales: Symptoms: 0.90, Daily Activities: 0.93, Treatment Concern: 0.91, Treatment Satisfaction: 0.83) and test-retest reliability (Spearman's rho: 0.99, p <0.001, Wilcoxon's test, p =0.959). Face validity was rated with a median of 7 by the patients. Finally, Greek AFEQT showed appropriate construct validity of demonstrating adequate convergent validity with the moderate to strong correlations of AFEQT domains with the Physical and Mental Component Summaries of SF-12 (Spearman's rho: 0.53-0.78, p <0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of AFEQT has shown good psychometric properties and can be a useful tool in future studies on the quality of life of patients with AF. Hippokratia 2016, 20(4): 264-267.
AIM: To adapt cross-culturally the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy-of-Life (AFEQT) for use in Greek patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and to evaluate its psychometric properties. METHODS: Professional translators were involved in the inverse translation procedure. Twenty patients with AF participated in the cultural adaptation procedure. One hundred two consecutive patients participated in the validation process that included reliability (internal consistency, test-retest reliability) and validity assessment (face validity, construct validity). RESULTS: Greek AFEQT showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha for overall scale: 0.97, subscales: Symptoms: 0.90, Daily Activities: 0.93, Treatment Concern: 0.91, Treatment Satisfaction: 0.83) and test-retest reliability (Spearman's rho: 0.99, p <0.001, Wilcoxon's test, p =0.959). Face validity was rated with a median of 7 by the patients. Finally, Greek AFEQT showed appropriate construct validity of demonstrating adequate convergent validity with the moderate to strong correlations of AFEQT domains with the Physical and Mental Component Summaries of SF-12 (Spearman's rho: 0.53-0.78, p <0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of AFEQT has shown good psychometric properties and can be a useful tool in future studies on the quality of life of patients with AF. Hippokratia 2016, 20(4): 264-267.
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AFEQT; Quality of life; atrial fibrillation; questionnaire; validation
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