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- Title
Validation of the Persian version of Skindex-16 among older patients with skin diseases.
- Authors
Mahdavi nejad, Tahereh; Mohammadi, Fatemeh; Gorgulu, Ozkan; Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh; Hosseinkhani, Zahra
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Skin conditions often considerably impact the older patients' psycho-social health and quality of life (QoL). The present study was aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Skindex-16 among older people with skin diseases.<bold>Methods: </bold>In this validation study, 260 older patients suffering from a range of skin conditions were recruited from a dermatology clinic in Rasht, Iran. Data were collected using a checklist for demographic and clinical characteristics and the Skindex-16 questionnaire. In this study, validity (face, content, and construct) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of the Skindex-16 were assessed and reported.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean age of participants was 64.51 ± 5.04 years. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model had acceptable fitness into the expected three-factor structure [χ 2 /df = 249.363, P < 0.001; GFI = 0.961; TLI =0.952; RMSEA = 0.078 (90% CI = 0.06, 0.09) and SRMR = 0.06]. The reliability analysis results confirmed that the values of Cronbach's alpha coefficient for Skindex-16 were in the acceptable range (0.923).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Our evaluation of the Skindex-16 indicates that it is reliable and a valid instrument that can be used for measuring QoL for Iranian dermatologic patients.
- Subjects
IRAN; OLDER patients; SKIN diseases; OLDER people; CRONBACH'S alpha; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; SKIN disease diagnosis; RESEARCH; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH methodology; EVALUATION research; PSYCHOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE studies; QUALITY of life
- Publication
BMC Geriatrics, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2318
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12877-021-02635-7