Bekairy Abdulkareem M, Bustami Rami T, Almotairi Mohammed, Jarab Anan, Katheri Abdulmalik M, Aldebasi Tariq M, Aburuz Salaheddin
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2018 Mar-Apr;12(2):16-20.
The EuroQOL five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) is one of the most widely used tools to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Studies on the psychometric features of the EQ-5D in the Gulf region of the Middle East are lacking. This study is aimed at evaluating the validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the EQ-5D in Saudi Arabia.
The study was done utilizing a convenience sample of Arabic-speaking adult patients or visitors at the outpatient clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) in Riyadh during October-December 2015. Participants were interviewed using translated into Arabic versions of the EQ-5D and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Known-group construct validity of the EQ-5D and visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) was assessed through testing a number of hypotheses comparing responses to EQ-5D dimensions or EQ-VAS to SF-36 scores by dimension and external variables. Test-retest reliability was also assessed.
Eighty subjects were included in the study. Mean ± standard deviartion age was 33.0 ± 11.6 years, with 51% of females. Responses to EQ-5D dimensions revealed that the proportion of respondents reporting problems ranged from 6% for problems with self-care to 48% for pain/discomfort. All of the five hypotheses linking EQ-5D responses to external variables were satisfied. Test-retest reliability was evaluated using Cohen's κ, which ranged from 0.53 to 1.00.
Validity and reliability of the Arabic EQ-5D were established for evaluating HRQOL in Saudi Arabia. Further studies are warranted to evaluate the validity and reliability of this standard tool in other Arabic-speaking countries with varying cultures.
欧洲五维健康量表（EQ - 5D）是评估健康相关生活质量（HRQOL）最广泛使用的工具之一。中东海湾地区关于EQ - 5D心理测量特征的研究尚缺。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯阿拉伯语版EQ - 5D的有效性和可靠性。
本研究采用便利抽样法，选取2015年10月至12月在利雅得阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城（KAMC）门诊就诊的讲阿拉伯语的成年患者或访客。使用翻译成阿拉伯语的EQ - 5D和简短健康调查问卷（SF - 36）对参与者进行访谈。通过测试一些假设来评估EQ - 5D和视觉模拟量表（EQ - VAS）的已知组建构效度，这些假设将EQ - 5D维度或EQ - VAS的反应与SF - 36按维度和外部变量的得分进行比较。还评估了重测信度。
80名受试者纳入研究。平均年龄±标准差为33.0±11.6岁，女性占51%。对EQ - 5D维度的回答显示，报告有问题的受访者比例从自我护理问题的6%到疼痛/不适问题的48%不等。将EQ - 5D反应与外部变量联系起来的所有五个假设均得到满足。使用Cohen's κ评估重测信度，范围为0.53至1.00。
已确立阿拉伯语EQ - 5D在沙特阿拉伯评估HRQOL的有效性和可靠性。有必要进一步开展研究，以评估这一标准工具在其他文化各异的阿拉伯语国家的有效性和可靠性。
