TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Italian version of the client satisfaction with device module of the orthotics and prosthetics users' survey
AU - Bravini, Elisabetta
AU - Franchignoni, Franco
AU - Ferriero, Giorgio
AU - Giordano, Andrea
AU - Bakhsh, Hadeel
AU - Sartorio, Francesco
AU - Vercelli, Stefano
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Information on patient satisfaction with orthosis (PSwO) is crucial for verifying and enhancing orthotic quality, for clinical decision making, and for improving patient's quality of life. Objective: To perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Italian of the recently revised version of the Client Satisfaction with Device (CSD) module of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Users' Survey, and then analyze its psychometric properties using factor and Rasch analyses. Methods: We translated and cross-culturally adapted the revised CSD into Italian (CDS-It) and assessed it in a convenience sample of orthotic-user patients with orthopedic, neurological and rheumatic conditions (N 5 178; 56% men; median age, 62 years). Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis (rating scale model) were used to investigate, respectively, dimensionality and metric properties of the scale. Results: Factor analysis confirmed the substantial unidimensionality of the CSD-It. The rating scale fulfilled the category functioning criteria. All items fitted the Rasch model except #2 ("The weight of my device is manageable") that overfitted the model, and #4 ("It is easy to put on my device") that was underfitting in six stroke patients (i.e. not systematically). The targeting of item difficulty to person ability was out of range. The person separation reliability was 0.70 and Cronbach's alpha 0.73. The residual correlation between items #7 and #8 showed a borderline local dependency. Conclusions: This study confirms the validity of the CSD-It, and provides a useful starting point for further refinement of this outcome measure.
AB - Background: Information on patient satisfaction with orthosis (PSwO) is crucial for verifying and enhancing orthotic quality, for clinical decision making, and for improving patient's quality of life. Objective: To perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Italian of the recently revised version of the Client Satisfaction with Device (CSD) module of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Users' Survey, and then analyze its psychometric properties using factor and Rasch analyses. Methods: We translated and cross-culturally adapted the revised CSD into Italian (CDS-It) and assessed it in a convenience sample of orthotic-user patients with orthopedic, neurological and rheumatic conditions (N 5 178; 56% men; median age, 62 years). Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis (rating scale model) were used to investigate, respectively, dimensionality and metric properties of the scale. Results: Factor analysis confirmed the substantial unidimensionality of the CSD-It. The rating scale fulfilled the category functioning criteria. All items fitted the Rasch model except #2 ("The weight of my device is manageable") that overfitted the model, and #4 ("It is easy to put on my device") that was underfitting in six stroke patients (i.e. not systematically). The targeting of item difficulty to person ability was out of range. The person separation reliability was 0.70 and Cronbach's alpha 0.73. The residual correlation between items #7 and #8 showed a borderline local dependency. Conclusions: This study confirms the validity of the CSD-It, and provides a useful starting point for further refinement of this outcome measure.
KW - Orthotic devices
KW - Outcome assessment
KW - Patient satisfaction
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 25224984
AN - SCOPUS:84927959632
VL - 7
SP - 442
EP - 447
JO - Disability and Health Journal
JF - Disability and Health Journal
SN - 1936-6574
IS - 4
ER -