sarcopenia; quality of life; psychometric; performance; translation; validation
Abstract :
[en] Summary: Our study assessed the psychometric properties of the Romanian SarQoL® questionnaire. Normal distribution and high internal consistency were found. Sarcopenic subjects
reported a reduced global quality of life compared to nonsarcopenics.
The Romanian version of the SarQoL® questionnaire, conceptually and literally equivalent with the source instrument, is qualified in terms of psychometric properties.
Purpose/introduction: We have recently provided a translated and culturally tailored version of the first quality of life (QoL) questionnaire specific for sarcopenia, the SarQoL®, in Romanian language. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric performances of the translated questionnaire.
Methods: A total of 100 volunteers were enrolled in the study. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the algorithm proposed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in
Older People (EWGSOP). To test the psychometric performance, discriminative power, internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, and construct validity analyses were made.We assessed the correlation between SarQoL® and similar/different domains of other two QoL questionnaires.
Results: Sarcopenic subjects reported a reduced global QoL compared to non-sarcopenic individuals. Significantly (p = 0.018) higher total scores for non-sarcopenic subjects compared
to those of sarcopenics indicate a good discriminative power of the Romanian questionnaire. Sarcopenic individuals had significantly lower scores in almost all domains. The Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.946 indicates a high internal consistency. No floor or ceiling effects were found. A strong positive correlation was also found between similar domain scores from SF-36 and EQ-5D questionnaires with the Total SarQoL® score. Moreover, lower scores of quality of life have been shown to be significantly associated with lower muscle strength, in univariate analyses, and lower gait speed, both in univariate and multivariate analyses.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that the Romanian version of the SarQoL® questionnaire, qualified in terms of psychometric properties, could be a useful tool to assess the
sarcopenia-related QoL among frail Romanian individuals.
Disciplines :
General & internal medicine
Author, co-author :
Gasparik, A.I.
Mihai, G.
Beaudart, Charlotte ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Bruyère, Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Pop, R.M.
Reginster, Jean-Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Pascanu, I.M.
Language :
English
Title :
Psychometric performance of the Romanian version of the SarQoL®, a health-related quality of life questionnaire for sarcopenia.
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