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Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)

BACKGROUND: The Brace Questionnaire (BrQ) is a tool developed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who receiving bracing as the primary treatment. It was initially developed and validated in Greek. The current study aimed to c...

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Autores principales: Liu, Shanshan, Zhou, Guangjin, Xu, Nanfang, Mai, Shuo, Wang, Qi, Zeng, Lin, Du, Chaojun, Du, Yaoxu, Zeng, Yan, Yu, Miao, Liu, Zhongjun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850818
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tp-20-377
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author Liu, Shanshan
Zhou, Guangjin
Xu, Nanfang
Mai, Shuo
Wang, Qi
Zeng, Lin
Du, Chaojun
Du, Yaoxu
Zeng, Yan
Yu, Miao
Liu, Zhongjun
author_facet Liu, Shanshan
Zhou, Guangjin
Xu, Nanfang
Mai, Shuo
Wang, Qi
Zeng, Lin
Du, Chaojun
Du, Yaoxu
Zeng, Yan
Yu, Miao
Liu, Zhongjun
author_sort Liu, Shanshan
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description BACKGROUND: The Brace Questionnaire (BrQ) is a tool developed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who receiving bracing as the primary treatment. It was initially developed and validated in Greek. The current study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically validate the BrQ in contemporary Chinese used in mainland China. METHODS: Translation of the BrQ from the original Greek into Chinese was performed. This study involved 70 Chinese adolescents between 10 and 18 years of age with a diagnosis of AIS and a Cobb angle measuring between 20 and 40 degrees. All patients received the same kind of brace for more than 4 months. Statistical analyses included internal consistency and the floor and ceiling effects of the BrQ. Subsequently, convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the measures in the BrQ with those in the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire (SRS-22). RESULTS: There were no floor and ceiling effects observed with the Chinese version of BrQ. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.967. Internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha was 0.923. The global BrQ score correlated strongly with the SRS-22 total score (r=0.743, P<0.001). Most domain-level sub-scores from the BrQ correlated with the respective domain scores of SRS-22. CONCLUSIONS: Cross-cultural translation and validation demonstrated excellent reliability, high internal consistency and satisfactory concurrent validity of the Chinese version of BrQ.
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spelling pubmed-80397792021-04-12 Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ) Liu, Shanshan Zhou, Guangjin Xu, Nanfang Mai, Shuo Wang, Qi Zeng, Lin Du, Chaojun Du, Yaoxu Zeng, Yan Yu, Miao Liu, Zhongjun Transl Pediatr Original Article BACKGROUND: The Brace Questionnaire (BrQ) is a tool developed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who receiving bracing as the primary treatment. It was initially developed and validated in Greek. The current study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically validate the BrQ in contemporary Chinese used in mainland China. METHODS: Translation of the BrQ from the original Greek into Chinese was performed. This study involved 70 Chinese adolescents between 10 and 18 years of age with a diagnosis of AIS and a Cobb angle measuring between 20 and 40 degrees. All patients received the same kind of brace for more than 4 months. Statistical analyses included internal consistency and the floor and ceiling effects of the BrQ. Subsequently, convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the measures in the BrQ with those in the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire (SRS-22). RESULTS: There were no floor and ceiling effects observed with the Chinese version of BrQ. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.967. Internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha was 0.923. The global BrQ score correlated strongly with the SRS-22 total score (r=0.743, P<0.001). Most domain-level sub-scores from the BrQ correlated with the respective domain scores of SRS-22. CONCLUSIONS: Cross-cultural translation and validation demonstrated excellent reliability, high internal consistency and satisfactory concurrent validity of the Chinese version of BrQ. AME Publishing Company 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8039779/ /pubmed/33850818 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tp-20-377 Text en 2021 Translational Pediatrics. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Open Access Statement: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits the non-commercial replication and distribution of the article with the strict proviso that no changes or edits are made and the original work is properly cited (including links to both the formal publication through the relevant DOI and the license). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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Liu, Shanshan
Zhou, Guangjin
Xu, Nanfang
Mai, Shuo
Wang, Qi
Zeng, Lin
Du, Chaojun
Du, Yaoxu
Zeng, Yan
Yu, Miao
Liu, Zhongjun
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title_fullStr Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)
title_full_unstemmed Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)
title_short Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)
title_sort translation and validation of the chinese version of brace questionnaire (brq)
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850818
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tp-20-377
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