Sarsak Hassan Izzeddin, Rushton Paula W
Occupational Therapy Program, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Assist Technol. 2025 Mar 4;37(2):120-125. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2436870. Epub 2024 Dec 17.
This study translated and culturally adapted the Wheelchair Use Confidence Scale for Manual Wheelchair Users (WheelCon-M) and the Wheelchair Use Confidence Scale for Power Wheelchair Users (WheelCon-P) into Arabic and examined their reliability and validity. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were examined, and concurrent validity was evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficients with the Arabic versions of the Functioning Everyday with a Wheelchair (FEW) and the Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA). The Arabic translated versions of the WheelCon-M (WheelCon-M-A) and the WheelCon-P (WheelCon-P-A) were administered to 33 adult wheelchair users. Cronbach's α was 0.94 ( < 0.01) for the WheelCon-M-A and 0.95 ( < 0.01) for the WheelCon-P-A. The WheelCon-M-A and WheelCon-P-A were reliable with respect to test-retest with an ICC of 0.974 ( < 0.01) and 0.965 ( < 0.01), respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient of the WheelCon-M-A scores was 0.776 with the FEW scores and 0.685 with the FMA scores ( < 0.01). The Pearson correlation coefficient of the WheelCon-P-A scores was 0.782 with the FEW scores and 0.654 with the FMA scores ( < 0.01). This study has provided preliminary evidence of new valid, reliable, and useful tools for healthcare professionals to help measure confidence with wheelchair use among Arab wheelchair users.
本研究将《手动轮椅使用者轮椅使用信心量表》（WheelCon-M）和《电动轮椅使用者轮椅使用信心量表》（WheelCon-P）翻译成阿拉伯语并进行文化调适，同时检验了它们的信效度。研究考察了内部一致性和重测信度，并使用与阿拉伯语版《轮椅日常功能》（FEW）和《功能性移动评估》（FMA）的皮尔逊相关系数评估了同时效度。将WheelCon-M（WheelCon-M-A）和WheelCon-P（WheelCon-P-A）的阿拉伯语翻译版本施测于33名成年轮椅使用者。WheelCon-M-A的克朗巴哈α系数为0.94（<0.01），WheelCon-P-A的克朗巴哈α系数为0.95（<0.01）。WheelCon-M-A和WheelCon-P-A在重测方面具有可靠性，组内相关系数分别为0.974（<0.01）和0.965（<0.01）。WheelCon-M-A得分与FEW得分之间的皮尔逊相关系数为0.776，与FMA得分之间的皮尔逊相关系数为0.685（<0.01）。WheelCon-P-A得分与FEW得分之间的皮尔逊相关系数为0.782，与FMA得分之间的皮尔逊相关系数为0.654（<0.01）。本研究为医疗保健专业人员提供了初步证据，证明有新的有效、可靠且实用的工具可用于帮助测量阿拉伯轮椅使用者使用轮椅的信心。
