Wee Hwee-Lin, Loke Wai-Chiong, Li Shu-Chuen, Fong Kok-Yong, Cheung Yin-Bun, Machin David, Luo Nan, Thumboo Julian
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2007 Jun;36(6):403-8.
The aims of this study were to cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the validity of the Singaporean Malay and Tamil versions of the EQ-5D.
The EQ- 5D was cross-culturally adapted and translated using an iterative process following standard guidelines. Consenting adult Malay- and Tamil-speaking subjects at a primary care facility in Singapore were interviewed using a questionnaire (including the EQ-5D, a single item assessing global health, the SF-8 and sociodemographic questions) in their respective language versions. Known-groups and convergent construct validity of the EQ-5D was investigated by testing 30 a priori hypotheses per language at attribute and overall levels.
Complete data were obtained for 94 Malay and 78 Indian patients (median age, 54 years and 51 years, respectively). At the attribute level, all 16 hypotheses were fulfilled with several reaching statistical significance (Malay: 4; Tamil: 5). At the overall level, 42 of 44 hypotheses related to the EQ-5D/ EQ-VAS were fulfilled (Malay: 22; Tamil: 20), with 21 reaching statistical significance (Malay: 9; Tamil: 12).
In this study among primary care patients, the Singapore Malay and Tamil EQ-5D demonstrated satisfactory known-groups and convergent validity.
本研究旨在对EQ-5D的新加坡马来语和泰米尔语版本进行跨文化调适并评估其有效性。
按照标准指南，采用迭代过程对EQ-5D进行跨文化调适和翻译。在新加坡一家初级保健机构中，使用问卷（包括EQ-5D、一个评估总体健康状况的单项、SF-8以及社会人口学问题）以各自语言版本对同意参与的成年马来语和泰米尔语使用者进行访谈。通过在属性和总体水平上针对每种语言检验30个预先设定的假设，研究EQ-5D的已知群体效度和收敛效度。
获得了94名马来族患者和78名印度族患者的完整数据（中位年龄分别为54岁和51岁）。在属性水平上，所有16个假设均得到满足，其中几个达到统计学显著性（马来语：4个；泰米尔语：5个）。在总体水平上，与EQ-5D/EQ-VAS相关的44个假设中有42个得到满足（马来语：22个；泰米尔语：20个），其中21个达到统计学显著性（马来语：9个；泰米尔语：12个）。
在这项针对初级保健患者的研究中，新加坡马来语和泰米尔语版的EQ-5D显示出令人满意的已知群体效度和收敛效度。
