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- Title
A multicenter international prospective study of the validity and reliability of a COVID-19-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire.
- Authors
Amdal, Cecilie Delphin; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Singer, Susanne; Pe, Madeline; Piccinin, Claire; Bottomley, Andrew; Appiah, Lambert Tetteh; Arraras, Juan Ignacio; Bayer, Oliver; Buanes, Eirik Alnes; Darlington, Anne Sophie; Arbanas, Gracia Dekanic; Hofsø, Kristin; Holzner, Bernard; Sahlstrand-Johnson, Pernilla; Kuliś, Dagmara; Parmar, Ghansyam; Rmeileh, Niveen M. E. Abu; Schranz, Melanie; Sodergren, Samantha
- Abstract
Purpose: To develop and validate a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire for patients with current or previous coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an international setting. Methods: This multicenter international methodology study followed standardized guidelines for a four-phase questionnaire development. Here, we report on the pretesting and validation of our international questionnaire. Adults with current or previous COVID-19, in institutions or at home were eligible. In the pretesting, 54 participants completed the questionnaire followed by interviews to identify administration problems and evaluate content validity. Thereafter, 371 participants completed the revised questionnaire and a debriefing form to allow preliminary psychometric analysis. Validity and reliability were assessed (correlation-based methods, Cronbach's α, and intra-class correlation coefficient). Results: Eleven countries within and outside Europe enrolled patients. From the pretesting, 71 of the 80 original items fulfilled the criteria for item-retention. Most participants (80%) completed the revised 71-item questionnaire within 15 min, on paper (n = 175) or digitally (n = 196). The final questionnaire included 61 items that fulfilled criteria for item retention or were important to subgroups. Item-scale correlations were > 0.7 for all but nine items. Internal consistency (range 0.68–0.92) and test–retest results (all but one scale > 0.7) were acceptable. The instrument consists of 15 multi-item scales and six single items. Conclusion: The Oslo COVID-19 QLQ-W61© is an international, stand-alone, multidimensional HRQoL questionnaire that can assess the symptoms, functioning, and overall quality of life in COVID-19 patients. It is available for use in research and clinical practice. Further psychometric validation in larger patient samples will be performed.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; CORONAVIRUS diseases; QUESTIONNAIRES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEST validity
- Publication
Quality of Life Research, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 2, p447
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11136-022-03272-2