The development and validity of the adults burn outcome questionnaire short form

Model System:

Burn

Reference Type:

Journal article

Accession No.:

J79955

Journal:

Journal of Burn Care And Research (formerly Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation)

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

2018 , 39, 5, 771-779

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Abstract:

Article describes the development and evaluation of the validity of the Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire (ABOQ), a brief measure that can be administered electronically to all burn survivors over the age of 18. The 15-item ABOQ was developed from the already validated Young Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire long form. The ABOQ questionnaire, along with Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System-10 (PROMIS-10), was administered to 120 outpatient burn survivors at three hospitals. Clinical validity of the ABOQ was measured by testing associations between 14 ABOQ items and burn size, the PROMIS-10 generic items and composite scales using correlational analysis including multivariate canonical analysis. Nine of the 14 ABOQ items were significantly correlated with burn size (correlations ranging from −0.25 to −0.46). The canonical correlation between ABOQ and burn size was 0.68. The overall canonical correlation between two instruments was also significant. At the item level, at least 25 percent of the variation in each of the five ABOQ items could be explained by PROMIS-10 items and composite scores, while six other items could only be accounted for by less than 15 percent of the variation. ABOQ short form assessment can be used to efficiently measure burn outcomes across a range of relevant clinical domains with credible validity. A large proportion of the variation in ABOQ scores was not accounted for by PROMIS-10, suggesting that ABOQ provided additional health-related information specifically for the burn population beyond the generic instrument.

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