TY - JOUR
T1 - Italian pilot version of demoql-proxy
T2 - Content and face validity: A methodological bridge for a future Italian validation
AU - Raineri, Alessandra Miraglia
AU - Bonfiglioli, Chiara
AU - Camaiani, Francesca
AU - Sarli, Leopoldo
AU - Artioli, Giovanna
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding Statement: This research received no specific grant from
Publisher Copyright:
© Mattioli 1885.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Background and aim of the work. The assessment of Quality of Life through validated tools allow to improve level of assistance for people suffering from Dementia. To our Knowledge in Italian language seem to be absent a tool to evaluate mild and moderate dementia, consequently underestimating and underrating needs of this specific target. We show an Italian pilot version of the DEMQOL-PROXY (specific for mild and moderate Dementia) testing some psychometric properties as: back-translation, content validity and face validity in Italian language. Method. A back-translation by two bilingual authors was presented. Was enrolled an expert panel to test Content Validity composed by eight Medical Doctor and a panel of six participants was recruited to assess Face Validity (three professional caregivers and three family caregivers) related to patients with moderate Dementia (with 10 to 20 MMSE, mild and moderate Dementia). Results. Each item has a degree of agreement between experts of more than 70% and the Total CVI score is .90 (90% of agreement). So, in line with these results we can accept the version of items proposed. As regard Face Validity, the items of the instrument seem to be clear, without difficulty and there are no questions consiedered offensive or irritating. Conclusion. The Italian version of the DEMQOL-PROXY showed good psychometric properties: its structure and the results it leads to are similar to the original version and to the other translations produced so far. For this reason, we consider this paper as a methodological bridge for a future complete Italian Validation. (www.actabiomedica.it).
AB - Background and aim of the work. The assessment of Quality of Life through validated tools allow to improve level of assistance for people suffering from Dementia. To our Knowledge in Italian language seem to be absent a tool to evaluate mild and moderate dementia, consequently underestimating and underrating needs of this specific target. We show an Italian pilot version of the DEMQOL-PROXY (specific for mild and moderate Dementia) testing some psychometric properties as: back-translation, content validity and face validity in Italian language. Method. A back-translation by two bilingual authors was presented. Was enrolled an expert panel to test Content Validity composed by eight Medical Doctor and a panel of six participants was recruited to assess Face Validity (three professional caregivers and three family caregivers) related to patients with moderate Dementia (with 10 to 20 MMSE, mild and moderate Dementia). Results. Each item has a degree of agreement between experts of more than 70% and the Total CVI score is .90 (90% of agreement). So, in line with these results we can accept the version of items proposed. As regard Face Validity, the items of the instrument seem to be clear, without difficulty and there are no questions consiedered offensive or irritating. Conclusion. The Italian version of the DEMQOL-PROXY showed good psychometric properties: its structure and the results it leads to are similar to the original version and to the other translations produced so far. For this reason, we consider this paper as a methodological bridge for a future complete Italian Validation. (www.actabiomedica.it).
KW - Back-translation
KW - Content Validity
KW - Dementia
KW - Face Validity
KW - Quality of Life
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U2 - 10.23750/abm.v91i6-S.10011
DO - 10.23750/abm.v91i6-S.10011
M3 - Article
C2 - 32573512
AN - SCOPUS:85086930883
VL - 91
SP - 100
EP - 105
JO - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
JF - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
SN - 0392-4203
ER -