Cross-cultural adaptatiion and validation of the stroke specific quality of life 2.0 scale into Hausa language

Abstract

BackgroundThe Stroke Specific Quality of Life 2.0 (SS-QoL 2.0) is a widely used scale that has been cross-culturally adapted to many languages including Yoruba, one of the three major Nigerian languages. Non-availability of SS-QoL 2.0 in Hausa, the indigenous language of Northern Nigeria has restricted its use in Hausa stroke-survivors (SSV). This study was aimed at cross-culturally adapting SS-QoL 2.0 to Hausa and assessing validity and reliability of the Hausa version. The English version of SS-QoL 2.0 was cross-culturally adapted to Hausa following the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ guideline. A final Hausa version (FHV) was produced through forward and back-translations, expert committee review, pretesting and cognitive debriefing interview. The FHV was investigated for test-retest reliability, internal consistency, convergent, construct and known-group validity on 86 consenting Hausa SSV. Hausa version of WHOQoL-BREF was used to assess convergent validity (n = 57) while English versions of SS-QoL was used to assess construct validity (n = 51) of FHV. The FHV was re-administered on 53 of the participants at 7-day interval to assess test-retest reliability. Each scale was administered in random order to eliminate bias. Data were analysed using Spearman correlation, Cronbach’s alpha, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC), Independent t-test and One-way ANOVA at p < 0.05.ResultsThe SS-QoL 2.0 was successfully cross-culturally adapted to Hausa. Participants’ mean overall score on SS-QoL 2.0 (145.30 ± 39.78) did not differ significantly from that of FHV (150.41 ± 40.45) p = 0.28. The mean domains score did not differ significantly except in self-care and work domains. There were weak to good correlations for 6 out of 8 similar domains on Hausa versions of SS-QoL and WHOQoL-BREF (r = 0.21–0.61; p = 0.001–0.006); and good to excellent correlations between Hausa and English versions of SS-QoL (r = 0.70–0.92; p = 0.001). The FHV showed high to excellent test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.86–0.99) and acceptable to excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.71–0.90). No significant gender differences were demonstrated for any domains of FHV and for most domains across age groups.ConclusionThe FHV is valid and reliable. The scale is recommended for assessing health-related quality of life among Hausa stroke survivors.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s41687-018-0082-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Igbo language version of the stroke-specific quality of life 2.0

“…Reliability values of SS-QoL(I) are consistent with reports of Odetunde et al . [ 31 , 32 ] for Yoruba and Hausa versions of the SS-QoL respectively and in agreement with interrelatedness of the domains of SS-QoL 2.0 as observed by Hsueh et al . [ 42 ].…”

“…Female respondents had higher mean score in self-care, language, work and upper extremity domains while male respondents had higher mean score in mobility, mood and social role domains. In the Hausa and Yoruba versions of the SS-QoL male and female respondents had higher mean scores on various domains [ 31 , 32 ] which is consistent with the current study and opposes previous reports that females reported significantly lower post-stroke QoL [ 44 , 45 ]. We also found that the SS-QoL domains were associated with age.…”

“…[ 30 ] for Yoruba version and Odetunde et al . [ 31 ] for Hausa version of SS-QoL 2.0 respectively. The scale, however, could not identify improvements on vision, language, thinking and personality domains of stroke survivors beyond the level of the ceiling effect as the highest score fails to capture the most positive evaluation.…”

“…The SS-QoL 2.0 has been cross-culturally adapted into Yoruba [ 30 ] and Hausa [ 31 ], two of the three major Nigerian languages and validated [ 31 , 32 ]. Incidentally, the Yoruba version was the first African language version of SS-QoL.…”

The Effect of The Coping Attitudes of People with Stroke on Quality of Life

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