Translation, validation and psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Fatigue (IBD-F) self-assessment scale

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Research

Mirjam C. M. van der Ende-van Loon¹  Annemay M. H. Stoker¹  Lennard P. L. Gilissen¹  Angélique Gruters²  Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan³  Debby Postulart⁴ 

[1] Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Michelangelolaan 2, 5632 EJ, Eindhoven, Netherlands;Department of Medical Psychology, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands;Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, UK;Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg, Netherlands;

关键词: Inflammatory bowel diseases;    Fatigue;    Patient reported outcome measures;    Psychometrics;    Translation;    Dutch;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41687-023-00642-3

 received in 2023-07-14, accepted in 2023-10-04,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a symptom with major impact on health-related quality of life is fatigue. To assess fatigue and conduct research regarding fatigue in IBD patients, a validated disease specific assessment tool is required. The aim of this study was to translate the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fatigue patient self-assessment scale (IBD-F) into Dutch and to validate this translated scale in a Dutch IBD population.MethodsThe study comprised three phases. In phase 1, the original IBD-F was translated into Dutch. Phase 2 comprised a pilot-test of the pre-final Dutch IBD-F to assess content validity by applying a semi-structured interview design. In phase 3, construct validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were assessed using a cross-sectional design.ResultsPhase 1 resulted in the pre-final version of the Dutch IBD-F. After five semi-structured interviews with IBD patients in phase 2, minor adjustments were made which resulted in the final version of the Dutch IBD-F. Evaluation of this final version in 133 IBD patients showed adequate psychometric properties: good convergent validity with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory subscales (Spearman’s r 0.57–0.86) and excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha 0.94 for Section I and 0.97 for Section II). Test-retest reliability in 102 patients was shown to be good (Section I ICC 0.85 (95% CI 0.79–0.90) and Section II ICC 0.88 (95% CI 0.83–0.92)).ConclusionsThe thorough translation process resulted in a comprehensible, valid and reliable version of the Dutch IBD-F. Convergent validity with the MFI-20 appeared to be good. This study found excellent internal consistency and good test-retest reliability.

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