Journal article
Validity and reliability of the Setswana translation of the Short Form-8 health-related quality of life health survey in adults
Health SA, Vol.23, a1092
2018
Abstract
Background: The absence of culturally relevant measures in indigenous languages could pose a challenge to epidemiological studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in developing nations. Aim: To explore the feasibility and determine the validity and reliability of the Setswana translation of the HRQoL Short Form-8 (SF-8) among Setswana-speaking adults. Setting: Potchefstroom in the North West province. Methods: Sixty healthy men (n = 26) and women (n = 34), aged 45.5±9.3 years, completed a Setswana translation of the SF-8 questionnaire and the original English version twice, with a 4-week interval between completions. Results: The Setswana SF-8 presented good concurrent validity with the Spearman's correlation coefficients ( Ï) of 0.72 for role physical to 0.91 for social functioning. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the first and second measurements were 0.87 and 0.87, respectively, for the Setswana-translated SF-8 and 0.86 and 0.89 for the original English SF-8. The reliability coefficients were moderate for the mental health ( Ï = 0.60), social functioning ( Ï = 0.56) and role emotional ( Ï = 0.50) domains, as well as the mental component summary ( Ï = 0.50) and physical component summary ( Ï = 0.45), but fair for the role physical ( Ï = 0.43), body pain ( Ï = 0.43), general health ( Ï = 0.42), physical functioning ( Ï = 0.41) and vitality ( Ï = 0.38) domains on the translated Setswana version of the SF-8. Conclusion: The Setswana SF-8 version was feasible, acceptable and had acceptable concurrent validity and fair to moderate evidence of test-retest reliability for assessing HRQoL among adult Setswana-speaking community dwellers.
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- Title
- Validity and reliability of the Setswana translation of the Short Form-8 health-related quality of life health survey in adults
- Authors
- Sunday O Onagbiye (Author) - North-West University, South AfricaSarah J Moss (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringMelainie Cameron (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Health SA, Vol.23, a1092; 6
- Publisher
- Rand Afrikaans University - Department of Nursing Sciences
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.4102/hsag.v23i0.1092
- ISSN
- 1025-9848
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451459302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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