VALIDITY OF MARATHI TRANSLATED KIDNEY DISEASE QUALITY OF LIFE SHORT FORM (KDQOL-SF)TM
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) instrument was designed to measure Quality of Life of kidney disease patients. KDQOL has been tested, translated and validated in many countries. KDQOL has not been translated into Marathi language. The primary purpose of this study was to validate Marathi version of KDQOL-SFTM and to evaluate its psychometric properties. This cross sectional study was conducted in two hospitals in Pune from April 2012 to March 2013. Translated Marathi KDQOL-SFTM was evaluated in 93 dialysis patients. Patients’ average age was 57 ±12 years and 71% were males. Internal consistency reliability was found to be medium to high ranging from 0.5 to 0.9 except for social interaction. To investigate construct validity, overall health rating scale was correlated with kidney disease targeted scale and with quality of life (SF- 36 scales). Significant (p <.05) correlations were observed except for cognitive function and social support. Patients with known hypertension, diabetes, low haemoglobin and dialyzing less than thrice a week showed lower score on physical function as compared to higher scores on physical function of patients with no known hypertension and diabetes, HB</= 8 and dialyzing thrice a week. As time on dialysis increased, role emotional (r = 0.239, p =0.019) and role physical (r =.237, p = 0.20) improved showing significant association. These results suggest that Marathi version of KDQOl-SFTM satisfies reliability and validity. The questionnaire provides understanding of health and quality of life of hemodialysis patients and can be used with patients who speak Marathi language.
Authors and Affiliations
Veena Joshi, Atul Mulay, Tushar Dighe, Tarun Jeloka, Varada Biwalkar
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/58
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