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Article: Translation And Validation Of The Chinese Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale- Short Form

TitleTranslation And Validation Of The Chinese Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale- Short Form
Authors
Issue Date2008
PublisherAdis International Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/adis/journal/40271
Citation
The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2008, v. 1 n. 2, p. 137-145 How to Cite?
AbstractBACKGROUND: The need to assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) has been well documented. However, no appropriate instrument was available for the Chinese population. OBJECTIVE: The Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale - Short Form (DFS-SF) is a reliable and valid 29-item instrument comprising six scales, which is used for assessing QOL in patients with DFU. This study aimed to translate the DFS-SF into Chinese and evaluate its psychometric performance. METHODS: The Chinese DFS-SF went through the full linguistic validation process and was evaluated in 60 Hong Kong Chinese patients with current or healed DFU. RESULTS: The internal consistency of all scales of the Chinese DFS-SF was consistently high (Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.8 to 0.92). Item convergent and discriminant validity was satisfactory (median corrected item-scale correlation ranged from 0.63 to 0.84). Moreover, the instrument also demonstrated good construct validity when correlated with the SF-36. Sensitivity was shown between patients with healed DFU and those whose DFU was not healed, those with different types of foot ulcer, those with different Wagner grade, and those with differing episodes of DFU. CONCLUSIONS: The newly translated Chinese DFS-SF may be used to assess the impact of DFU in Chinese patients.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79581
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dc.contributor.authorHui, LFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFong, DYTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYam, HFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorIp, WYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:56:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:56:16Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationThe Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2008, v. 1 n. 2, p. 137-145en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1178-1653-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79581-
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The need to assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) has been well documented. However, no appropriate instrument was available for the Chinese population. OBJECTIVE: The Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale - Short Form (DFS-SF) is a reliable and valid 29-item instrument comprising six scales, which is used for assessing QOL in patients with DFU. This study aimed to translate the DFS-SF into Chinese and evaluate its psychometric performance. METHODS: The Chinese DFS-SF went through the full linguistic validation process and was evaluated in 60 Hong Kong Chinese patients with current or healed DFU. RESULTS: The internal consistency of all scales of the Chinese DFS-SF was consistently high (Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.8 to 0.92). Item convergent and discriminant validity was satisfactory (median corrected item-scale correlation ranged from 0.63 to 0.84). Moreover, the instrument also demonstrated good construct validity when correlated with the SF-36. Sensitivity was shown between patients with healed DFU and those whose DFU was not healed, those with different types of foot ulcer, those with different Wagner grade, and those with differing episodes of DFU. CONCLUSIONS: The newly translated Chinese DFS-SF may be used to assess the impact of DFU in Chinese patients.-
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAdis International Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/adis/journal/40271-
dc.relation.ispartofThe Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Researchen_HK
dc.rightsThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.com-
dc.titleTranslation And Validation Of The Chinese Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale- Short Formen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailFong, DYT: dytfong@hku.hk, dytfong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailIp, WY: wyip@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityFong, DYT=rp00253en_HK
dc.identifier.doi10.2165/01312067-200801020-00009-
dc.identifier.pmid22272810-
dc.identifier.hkuros143317en_HK
dc.identifier.volume1-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage137-
dc.identifier.epage145-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000208000200009-
dc.publisher.placeNew Zealand-
dc.identifier.issnl1178-1653-

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