Construct validity and reliability of EQ-5D-3L for stroke survivors in a lower middle income setting
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Gunathunga, MW
Jayasinghe, S
Arnold, SM
Senanayake, S
Senanayake, C
De Silva, LSD
Kularatna, S
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Introduction: Stroke is a leading disease accounting for burden of chronic NCDs especially in lower and lower-middle income (LMI) settings. Quality of Life (QOL) is considered as an important facet of determination of success of patient management. EQ-5D-3L is a generic QOL tool. It provides an index score amalgamating responses for five descriptive questions and a visual analogue scale (VAS) value. Objectives: To assess the validity and reliability of EQ-5D-3L for stroke patients in Sri Lanka, which is a LMI setting. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was done among 100 stroke survivors among whom 50 each were managed at an ambulatory setting and an in-ward setting. A second wave of data collection was done for reliability analysis among one half of participants. The validity of EQ-5D-3L was assesses with five a-priori hypotheses. Reliability was assessed with test-retest method and with internal consistency. Non parametric Mann Whitney U test and Spearman correlation coefficients were used in the analysis. Results: The EQ-5D index scores had significant positive correlation with SF-36 domain scores (p<0.001). The EQ-5D VAS scores had significant positive correlation with SF-36 domain scores (p<0.01). Index and VAS values of the EQ-5D were proved to be valid in known-group comparison (p<0.001). Participants reporting some kind of impairment for EQ-5D-3L dimensions had lower SF-36 domain scores. All the kappa values in the analysis of test-retest method were significant (p<0.001). For the VAS score, the Spearman correlation coefficient in test-reter analysis was 0.993 (p<0.001). Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.928. Conclusions and Recommendations: EQ-5D-3L questionnaire demonstrates construct validity and a is a reliable tool in measuring QOL among stoke survivors in Sri Lanka.
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Ceylon Medical Journal
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64
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© The Authors 2019. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Biomedical and clinical sciences
Stroke
EQ-5D-3L
Generic QOL tool
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Mahesh, PKB; Gunathunga, MW; Jayasinghe, S; Arnold, SM; Senanayake, S; Senanayake, C; De Silva, LSD; Kularatna, S, Construct validity and reliability of EQ-5D-3L for stroke survivors in a lower middle income setting, Ceylon Medical Journal, 2019, 64 (2), pp. 52-58