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Development and Psychometric Properties of Appraisals of Post Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Health Scale in Iran Publisher Pubmed



Shabany M1, 2, 3 ; Rahimimovaghar V2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ; Habibi Arejan R2, 7 ; Tabrizi R8, 9 ; Saberi P2 ; Baigi V2, 10 ; Ghodsi Z2 ; Rakhshani F11 ; Gholami M13, 14 ; Vaccaro AR15 ; Ghodsi SM1, 4
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  1. 1. Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Visiting Professor, Spine Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  7. 7. Rehabilitation Office, State Welfare Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
  9. 9. Clinical Research Development Unit, Valiasr Hospital, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
  10. 10. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  11. 11. Department of Health Education & amp
  12. 12. Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
  13. 13. Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  14. 14. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  15. 15. Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and the Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Source: Spinal Cord Series and Cases Published:2024


Abstract

Study design: Development and psychometrics study Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a new version of Appraisals of Post-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Health Scale (APTSCIHS) in the Persian language for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: The persons were selected from National Spinal Cord Injury Registry of Iran (NSCIR-IR) and Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research center (BASIR). Method: This was a mixed sequential exploratory study that performed in two phases. In the qualitative phase, a systematic scoping review and 12 interviews with the participants were done. Finally, items were generated. In the quantitative phase, face, content, construct and convergent validity were assessed to evaluate validity. To evaluate construct validity, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 305 persons with TSCI along with internal consistency and stability assessments. All quantitative data analyses were conducted using SPSS 22 software. Results: The content validity and reliability were indicated by Scale’s Content Validity Ratio (S-CVR) = 0.73 and Scale’s Content Validity Index (S-CVI) = 0.86, Cronbach’s α = 0.9 and the Test re-test reliability using intra-class correlations were (ICC) = 0.97 to 0.98. Exploratory factor analysis determined eight factors which showed more than 52% of the variance. APTSCIHS had a significant and strong correlation with Appraisals of DisAbility Primary and Secondary Scale (ADAPSS) (r = 0.475, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Results showed the 36 items APTSCIHS tool had an acceptable validity and reliability in Iran, and it can help health care providers or even administrators improve the quality of the rehabilitation services and quality of life. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International Spinal Cord Society 2024.
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