Prof Yeliz Prior Y.Prior@salford.ac.uk
Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation
The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK
Prior, Y; Tennant, A; Tyson, S; Hammond, A
Authors
A Tennant
S Tyson
Prof Alison Hammond A.Hammond@salford.ac.uk
Abstract
Background
The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures difficulty in daily activities and social participation. With various versions involving a different number of items, we have linguistically and culturally adopted the full VLAs (33-items) and psychometrically tested it in adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the United Kingdom.
Methods
Participants with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Chronic Pain/ Fibromyalgia, Chronic Hand/ Upper Limb Conditions, Osteoarthritis, Systemic Lupus, Systemic Sclerosis and Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome were recruited from out-patient clinics in National Health Service Hospitals, General Practice and patient organisations in the UK. Phase1 involved linguistic and cultural adaptation: forward translation to British English; synthesis; expert panel review and cognitive debriefing interviews. In Phase2 participants completed postal questionnaires to assess internal construct validity using (i) Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) (ii) Mokken scaling and (iii) Rasch model.
Results
Responders (n = 1544) had mean age of 59 years (SD13.3) and 77.2% women. A CFA failed to support a total score from the 33-items (Chi Square 3552:df 464: p < 0.0001). Mokken scaling indicated a strong non-parametric association between items. Fit to the Rasch model indicated that the VLAs was characterised by multidimensionality and item misfit, which may have been influenced by clusters of residual item correlations. An item banking approach resolved a 25-item calibrated set whose application could accommodate the ‘does not apply to me’ response option.
Conclusions
The UK version of the VLAs failed to satisfy classical and modern psychometric standards for complete item sets. However, as the scale is not usually applied in complete format, an item bank approach calibrated 25 items with fit to the Rasch model. Suitable Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) software could implement the item set, giving patients the choice of whether an item applies to them, or not.
Citation
Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), 505. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 8, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 30, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jul 30, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Aug 3, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 3, 2020 |
Journal | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 505 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmusculoskeletdisord/ |
Additional Information | Access Information : The UK version of the Valued Life Activity Scale referred to in this article can be found here: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/58478/ Grant Number: 20031 Grant Number: N/A |
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