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Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs

The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factors associated with EN in people with RA. The origin...

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Autores principales: Favero, Marta, Ometto, Francesca, Salaffi, Fausto, Belluzzi, Elisa, Ortolan, Augusta, Lorenzin, Mariagrazia, Felicetti, Mara, Punzi, Leonardo, Ndosi, Mwidimi, Ramonda, Roberta
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33019610
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040150
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author Favero, Marta
Ometto, Francesca
Salaffi, Fausto
Belluzzi, Elisa
Ortolan, Augusta
Lorenzin, Mariagrazia
Felicetti, Mara
Punzi, Leonardo
Ndosi, Mwidimi
Ramonda, Roberta
author_facet Favero, Marta
Ometto, Francesca
Salaffi, Fausto
Belluzzi, Elisa
Ortolan, Augusta
Lorenzin, Mariagrazia
Felicetti, Mara
Punzi, Leonardo
Ndosi, Mwidimi
Ramonda, Roberta
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description The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factors associated with EN in people with RA. The original English ENAT version was translated into Italian according to Beaton’s method and subjected to Rasch analysis for validity testing. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were tested for associations with the ENAT domain scores using a multivariable linear regression model. The ENAT translated well into Italian and retained its construct validity. Some adjustments were needed when pooling the Italian and English datasets. The overall score of the ENAT had a high median: 82.8 (interquartile range (IQR): 57.5 to 100) i.e., 72.4% of the maximum score. The highest score was observed in the domain “Arthritis process” and the lowest was in “Support systems”. Only gender was independently associated with EN (females having higher EN than males). The Italian ENAT is feasible for the use in the clinical setting and may help the health care practitioners to tailor educational interventions for RA patients. The characteristics of the patients, particularly female gender, may be associated with higher EN.
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spelling pubmed-77120172020-12-04 Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs Favero, Marta Ometto, Francesca Salaffi, Fausto Belluzzi, Elisa Ortolan, Augusta Lorenzin, Mariagrazia Felicetti, Mara Punzi, Leonardo Ndosi, Mwidimi Ramonda, Roberta J Pers Med Article The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factors associated with EN in people with RA. The original English ENAT version was translated into Italian according to Beaton’s method and subjected to Rasch analysis for validity testing. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were tested for associations with the ENAT domain scores using a multivariable linear regression model. The ENAT translated well into Italian and retained its construct validity. Some adjustments were needed when pooling the Italian and English datasets. The overall score of the ENAT had a high median: 82.8 (interquartile range (IQR): 57.5 to 100) i.e., 72.4% of the maximum score. The highest score was observed in the domain “Arthritis process” and the lowest was in “Support systems”. Only gender was independently associated with EN (females having higher EN than males). The Italian ENAT is feasible for the use in the clinical setting and may help the health care practitioners to tailor educational interventions for RA patients. The characteristics of the patients, particularly female gender, may be associated with higher EN. MDPI 2020-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7712017/ /pubmed/33019610 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040150 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Favero, Marta
Ometto, Francesca
Salaffi, Fausto
Belluzzi, Elisa
Ortolan, Augusta
Lorenzin, Mariagrazia
Felicetti, Mara
Punzi, Leonardo
Ndosi, Mwidimi
Ramonda, Roberta
Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title_full Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title_fullStr Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title_full_unstemmed Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title_short Validation of the Italian Version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Factors Associated with Educational Needs
title_sort validation of the italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33019610
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040150
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