المؤلفون: Huber W, Jg, Hofstaetter, Hanslik-Schnabel B, Martin Posch, Wurnig C

المصدر: Europe PubMed Central

مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Male, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Middle Aged, Translating, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Austria, Sickness Impact Profile, Quality of Life, Humans, Female, Aged

الوصف: At the moment a specific subjective measurement tool for evaluation of German-speaking patients with a pathology of the rotator cuff is lacking. Following international guidelines, the German translation and the psychometric testing of the 21-item, multidimensional Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) is the aim of the study.After translation and cross-culture adaptation of the English original, the reliability, validity, practicability and the acceptance of the German version of the WORC were tested on 102 patients with an impingement syndrome. Additionally the SF-36, the Constant and UCLA score were evaluated.The Pearson correlation coefficient showed with 0.96 an excellent result for the test-retest reliability. The internal consistency showed a high homogeneity with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.96. A Pearson correlation coefficient between 0.66-0.81 registered a high correlation with the physical subscales of the SF-36, the Constant and the UCLA score. The mean time required for filling out the WORC was 7.5 minutes, the mean time required for evaluation was 10 minutes. The acceptance and the understanding were very high.After successful translation and psychometric testing of the German version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC), a patient-based measurement tool for evaluating the quality of life of German-speaking patients with pathology of the rotator cuff is available.

URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid_dedup__::6db736d7505730c0609d05e861015176
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16118762

المؤلفون: Huber W, Jg, Hofstaetter, Hanslik-Schnabel B, Martin Posch, Wurnig C

المصدر: Europe PubMed Central

مصطلحات موضوعية: Male, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Middle Aged, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Rotator Cuff Injuries, Rotator Cuff, Treatment Outcome, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Germany, Surveys and Questionnaires, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Quality of Life, Humans, Female

الوصف: The evaluation of quality of life is an established criterion for evaluation of therapeutic measures. Starting from the English-speaking area a great number of different patient-based outcomes measures were developed to specifically question disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the results of treatment. Because of the lack of a German measurement tool for patients with rotator cuff disease the translation and the psychometric testing following international guidelines of the 34-item, multidimensional, English Rotator Cuff Quality-of-Life Measure (RC-QOL) was undertaken. Reliability (test-retest reliability, internal consistency), validity, practicability and acceptance of the German version of the RC-QOL were tested by 102 patients with an impingement syndrome after translation and cross-culture adaptation of the English original questionnaire. In addition, the SF-36, the Constant and UCLA scores were evaluated. Between the evaluations there was no significant difference; the Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.89 for the test-retest reliability. The internal consistency showed a high homogeneity with a Cronbach Alpha-coefficient of 0.98. A Pearson correlation coefficient between 0.67-0.76 registered a high correlation with the physical subscales of the SF-36, the Constant and the UCLA scores. The mean time required for completing the RC-QOL was 12 minutes; mean time required for evaluation was 10 minutes. The questionnaire was incompletely answered by 16 patients (15.6%). A total of 120 items (3.5%) were left unanswered. After successful translation and psychometric testing of the German version of the Rotator Cuff Quality-of-Life Measure (RC-QOL) a multidimensional measurement tool for evaluating the quality of life of German-speaking patients with pathology of the rotator cuff is available.

URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid_dedup__::5efa47c27491b71cfdc4d177c84d0831
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15868336