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Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact): Validity and reliability of the Turkish version

Atriyal Fibrilasyon Etki Anketi (AFImpact): Türkçe sürümün geçerlik ve güvenirliği

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395–403
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2022-11-06
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Conclusion: The Turkish version of AFImpact is a valid and reliable questionnaire for evaluating health-related quality of life in patients with AF.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Guidelines recommend measuring and addressing health-related quality of life in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, a disease-specific questionnaire is lacking for the Turkish language.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases, including the translation and cultural adaptation of AFImpact into Turkish language and the analysis of psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire. 98 patients diagnosed with AF were evaluated using the Turkish version of AFImpact, Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion: The Turkish version of AFImpact is a valid and reliable questionnaire for evaluating health-related quality of life in patients with AF.
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Objective: Guidelines recommend measuring and addressing health-related quality of life in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, a disease-specific questionnaire is lacking for the Turkish language. Our aim was to translate and adapt the Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact) into Turkish and to explore its psychometric properties. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases, including the translation and cultural adaptation of AFImpact into Turkish language and the analysis of psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire. 98 patients diagnosed with AF were evaluated using the Turkish version of AFImpact, Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Turkish version of AFImpact was explored. Results: Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for vitality, emotional distress, and sleep domains of AFImpact was 0.956, 0.955, and 0.819, respectively, indicating good-to-excellent internal consistency. No significant difference was detected between the initial and retest scores, and intraclass correlation coefficients of each domain varied between 0.991 and 0.996, indicating excellent test-retest reliability. Each domain of AFImpact highly correlated with similar domains of SF-36 and PSQI, having correlation coefficients between -0.484 and -0.699. AFImpact was able to discriminate between the patients in different functional classes, confirming know-groups validity. Factor analysis revealed AFImpact had the same factorial structure as the original questionnaire. Conclusion: The Turkish version of AFImpact is a valid and reliable questionnaire for evaluating health-related quality of life in patients with AF.

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Amaç: Kılavuzlar atriyal fibrilasyonun (AF) yönetiminde sağlıkla ilişkili yaşam kalitesini ele almayı önermektedir; ancak, hastalığa özel bir ölçek Türkçe dilinde mevcut değildir. Bu çalışmada amacımız Atriyal Fibrilasyon Etki Anketi’ni (AFImpact) Türkçe’ye tercüme etmek ve anketin psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel çalışma AFImpact’ın Türkçe’ye tercüme edilmesi ve uyarlanması, sonrasında tercüme edilmiş ölçeğin psikometrik özelliklerinin analiz edilmesi olmak üzere iki basamakta gerçekleştirildi. AF tanısına sahip 98 hasta AFImpact Türkçe Versiyon, Kısa Form-36 (KF-36) ve Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi (PUKİ) ile değerlendirildi. AFImpact Türkçe Sürüm’ün geçerlik, güvenirlik ve faktör yapısı incelendi. Bulgular: AFImpact’ın canlılık, duygusal sıkıntı ve uyku alt grupları için sırasıyla 0.956, 0.955 ve 0.819 olarak saptanan Cronbach alfa katsayıları ölçeğin “iyiden-mükemmele” iç tutarlığa sahip olduğunu gösterdi. Başlangıç ve tekrar-test ölçümleri arasında anlamlı fark yoktu ve her alt grup için 0.991 ile 0.996 arasında hesaplanan korelasyon katsayıları ölçeğin ‘mükemmel’ test-tekrar test güvenirliğine sahip olduğunu gösterdi. AFImpact’ın her alt grubu, KF-36 ve PUKİ’nin benzer alt grupları ile korelasyon katsayıları -0.484 ve -0.699 arasında değişen kuvvetli ilişkilere sahipti. AFImpact, farklı fonksiyonel sınıfta yer alan hastaları birbirinden ayırt edebildi ve ölçeğin bilinen grup geçerliği doğrulandı. Faktör analizi, AFImpact’ın orijinal ölçek ile aynı faktör yapısına sahip olduğunu gösterdi. Sonuç: AFImpact Türkçe Sürüm’ü AF’li hastalarda sağlıkla ilişkili yaşam kalitesini değerlendirmek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçektir.

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Gürses, H. N., Zeren, M., Yiğit, Z., Demir, R., Karcı, M., Uzunhasan, I. (2022). Atrial Fibrillation Impact Questionnaire (AFImpact): Validity and reliability of the Turkish version. Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, Cilt: 49 - Sayı: 5, 395–403. https://ajindex.com/articles/631833

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