Sinabulya Helen, Bergström Gunnar, Hagberg Jan, Johansson Gunnar, Blomgren Lena
1 Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Phlebology. 2018 Sep;33(8):540-546. doi: 10.1177/0268355517733406. Epub 2017 Sep 27.
Objectives To translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Studies (VEINES) questionnaire, divided into two subscales; symptoms (VEINES-Sym) and quality of life (VEINES-QOL), in a Swedish cohort of patients with venous disease. Methods The original questionnaire was translated into Swedish with forward-backward translation and administered to 112 patients who were consecutively recruited and had varying degrees of chronic venous disease. Mean age was 54.5 ± 15.2 years (range: 19-83) and 75% of the participants were female. All patients completed the RAND 36-item health survey and the VEINES-QOL/Sym. Results The results showed excellent internal consistency for both VEINES-QOL (Cronbach's alpha (α) = 0.93) and VEINES-Sym (α = 0.89). Both the VEINES-QOL and VEINES-Sym correlated well to all the RAND-36 domains, demonstrating good construct validity. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed both subscales of the VEINES-QOL/Sym. Conclusions The Swedish VEINES-QOL/Sym is a valid health-related quality of life instrument for chronic venous disease, both for research purposes and for clinical evaluation.
目的 将静脉功能不全流行病学和经济学研究（VEINES）问卷翻译成瑞典语并评估其心理测量特性，该问卷分为两个子量表：症状（VEINES-Sym）和生活质量（VEINES-QOL），研究对象为瑞典一组静脉疾病患者。方法 通过前后翻译将原始问卷翻译成瑞典语，并施用于112名连续招募的、患有不同程度慢性静脉疾病的患者。平均年龄为54.5±15.2岁（范围：19 - 83岁），75%的参与者为女性。所有患者均完成了兰德36项健康调查和VEINES-QOL/Sym问卷。结果 结果显示，VEINES-QOL（克朗巴哈系数（α）= 0.93）和VEINES-Sym（α = 0.89）的内部一致性均极佳。VEINES-QOL和VEINES-Sym与兰德36项问卷的所有领域均具有良好的相关性，表明具有良好的结构效度。探索性因素分析证实了VEINES-QOL/Sym的两个子量表。结论 瑞典版的VEINES-QOL/Sym是一种有效的与健康相关的生活质量评估工具，可用于慢性静脉疾病的研究和临床评估。
