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Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Spinal Cord Injury Lifestyle Scale and the Health Behavior Questionnaire in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury Publisher Pubmed



Shabany M1 ; Nasrabadi AN1, 2 ; Rahimimovaghar V3 ; Mansournia MA4 ; Mohammadi N5 ; Pruitt SD6
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  1. 1. Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing and Deputy Dean for International Affairs, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Islamic, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Dept. of Critical Care Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Behavioral Science Integration Kaiser Permanente, Permanente Medical Group, North Valley, Sacramento, CA, United States

Source: Spinal Cord Published:2018


Abstract

Study design: Cross-sectional psychometric study. Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a spinal cord injury lifestyle scale (SCILS) and Health Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ) in the Persian language for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: Participants were selected among those referred to health centers and the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. Method: In accordance with standard procedure for translation, two questionnaires, the SCILS and HBQ, were translated using a forward and backward translation approach by professional translators. Face validity of the questionnaires was assessed by ten persons with SCI and content validity was agreed upon by 12 professors from health care teaching universities. To test the final versions of both questionnaires, 97 persons with SCI were included using a consecutive sampling method. Other questionnaires were used to assess concurrent validity (secondary impairment checklist, as well as SCILS and HBQ) and convergent validity (impact of event scale revised, brief symptom inventory, beck depression inventory, and functional independence measure). Results: Internal consistency of SCILS and HBQ, assessed by Cronbach's alpha, was 0.75 for SCILS and 0.85 for HBQ. Test-retest reliability intraclass correlations were 0.86 and 0.92 for SCILS and HBQ, respectively. The number of current secondary impairments had a significant and negative correlation with SCILS (r =-0.22, P < 0.001), but it was not correlated with HBQ. SCILS had a significant and strong correlation with HBQ (r = 0.65, P < 0.001). Conclusion: SCILS and HBQ can be used for measuring the health behavior of persons with SCI in Iran. © 2018 International Spinal Cord Society.
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