Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL among cancer patients in Jordan

Abstract

The Arabic version of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL is valid and reliable.

Content validation of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL with advanced cancer patients and health care professionals from palliative care services in Chile

“…This development process secures that studies may compare their results obtained from the QLQ C15-PAL with studies using the original QLQ-C30 questionnaire [3]. In addition, the QLQ-C15-PAL has been successfully validated and translated in several countries [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], including Spanish-speaking countries [15,16].…”

“…We recognize some limitations related to this study. First, we did not evaluate statistically the psychometric properties of the QLQ-C15-PAL in Chilean patients; however, it has been extensively validated in previous international studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Second, we planned to recruit at least 10 HCPs from each palliative care service, but half of the services investigated had less than 10 professionals in their teams.…”

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Quality of Life Scales for Arabic-Speaking Adults: A systematic review

“…9, The majority were conducted in the Middle Eastern and North African region, including Jordan (n = 7), Saudi Arabia (n = 4), Egypt (n = 2), Morocco (n = 2), Kuwait (n = 2), Tunisia (n = 2), Lebanon (n = 2), the United Arab Emirates (UAE; n = 2), Sudan (n = 1) and Qatar (n = 1). 9,13,14,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]37,38 However, two studies were conducted in the Netherlands among samples of Moroccan Arabic-speaking subjects. 15,36 The majority of the studies (n = 21) had translated the QOL scales into modern standard Arabic suitable for use among all Arabic-speaking populations.…”

Risk Perceptions of Acquiring Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among College Students

“…Cronbach alpha is a general measure of reliability or internal consistency of a scale (Yang & Green, 2011). And as presented below in Table 1 below, the Cronbach coefficient alpha reliability for each survey instrument exceeds the minimum 0.70 threshold (Alawneh et al, 2016). Persons, 2009;Amuta et al, 2016;Popoola et al, 2017) we controlled for the number of participants' weekly exercises (Godin, 2011) using a 3point Likert scale ranged from 1 = 1-3 times per week to 3 = 5 or more times per week.…”

“…Type II diabetes mellitus is a part of a group of metabolic disorders involving high blood glucose levels over a prolonged period of time (Alawneh, Yasin, Khirfan et al, 2016; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2017). While it is one of the most commonly pervasive chronic diseases in the world, national awareness of Type 2 diabetes mellitus is imperative because it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States (CDC -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017).…”