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Development and cross-cultural translations of a 31-item quality of life in epilepsy inventory
Abstract
PURPOSE: We report the development of a questionnaire to assess health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) in people with epilepsy and the process of cross-cultural translations of the questionnaire. METHODS: A sample of 304 adults with epilepsy from 25 seizure clinics in the United States was used to derive an abbreviated questionnaire focusing on epilepsy-related issues from a longer, 89-item instrument (QOLIE-89). A rigorous forward-backward-forward system was used for cross-cultural translation. RESULTS: A 31-item questionnaire (QOLIE-31, version 1.0) resulted, comprising seven subscales covering general and epilepsy-specific domains. Subscale and total scores can be calculated. The subscales were grouped into two factors: Emotional/Psychological Effects (seizure worry, overall QOL, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue subscales) and Medical/Social Effects (medication effects, work-driving-social limits, cognitive function subscales). Cross-cultural translations were made from U.S.-English into Danish, Dutch, German, Canadian French, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and U.K. English Versions 1.1. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the reliability and validity of the QOLIE-31 (U.S.-English version 1.0) as a measure of HRQOLIE. Cross-cultural translations into nine other languages make it feasible to use the QOLIE-31 (version 1.1) in multinational clinical trials after validation in each population or concurrent with the clinical trial.
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“This scale was initially developed by Cramer et al. and showed acceptable reliability and validity in patients with epilepsy [32]”
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“The most commonly used scale for assessing HRQoL was the Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31/-31-P/-89 (QOLIE-31/31-P/-89). 51,52”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cramer, J. A., Perrine, K., Devinsky, O., Bryant‐Comstock, L., Meador, K., & Hermann, B.
- Affiliations
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cramer, Joyce A.
- Venue
- Epilepsia
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-88
- ISSN
- 0013-9580 (ISSN-L)
- 1528-1167
- OpenAlex
- W2021074267
- Cited by
- 782
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 6.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Epilepsia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Epilepsy research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
- Keywords
- epilepsy, health-related quality of life, QOLIE-31, QOLIE-89, cross-cultural translation, questionnaire development, seizure worry, medication effects, fatigue, cognitive function, psychometric validation, international clinical trials
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Canada, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Epilepsy, Europe, Female, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translations, United States, Reproducibility of Results, Sickness Impact Profile
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