Translation and cross-cultural validation of the English young adult burn outcome questionnaire (YABOQ) in Spanish

Model System:

Burn

Reference Type:

Journal article

Accession No.:

J83635

Journal:

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

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

2020 , 41, 3, 640-646

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Abstract:

Study evaluated the cross-cultural validity of a newly developed Spanish version of the Young Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire (YABOQ), a validated, English-language patient-reported outcome assessment of young adults’ recovery from burn injury. The 48-item instrument assesses burn outcomes across 15 age-relevant domains of health-related quality of life. Secondary data from 81 English-speaking and 153 Spanish-speaking burn survivors (17 to 30 years of age) were obtained from the Multicenter Benchmarking Study. Classic psychometric analyses evaluated the measurement equivalence of the English and Spanish YABOQs in logistic and ordinal logistic regression differential item functioning analyses. All multi-item scales in the Spanish YABOQ demonstrated adequate reliability except the Pain and Itch scales. One item in the Perceived Appearance scale showed differential item functioning across English- and Spanish-speaking burn survivors, but the observed differential item functioning had no clinically significant impact on scale-level Perceived Appearance scores. Results support the cross-cultural validity of the YABOQ Physical Function, Perceived Appearance, Sexual Function, Emotion, Family Function, Family Concern, Satisfaction with Symptom Relief, Satisfaction with Role, Work Reintegration and Religion scales among English- and Spanish-speaking young adult burn survivors. This study supports the use of these English and Spanish YABOQ scales to assess the effect of therapeutic interventions on young adults’ burn outcomes in pooled analyses and to assess disparities in young adults’ burn outcomes across language groups.

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