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PsychometrictestingoftheArabicversionofthearrhythmia-specificquestionnaireintachycardiaandarrhythmiaamongolderadultarrhythmicpatients

Author name : mohamed elsayed hamed elzeky
Publication Date : 2025-01-23
Journal Name : Geriatric Nursing

Abstract

Objectives:WeaimedtotranslateandculturallyadapttheArrhythmiaSpecificQuestionnaireinTachycardiaandArrhythmiaHealth-RelatedQualityofLife(ASTA-HRQOL)scaleintoArabicamongolderadultpatientswithanytypeofarrhythmia.Methods:Aforward-backwardtranslationmethodwasusedintranslatingthescaletoArabic.130olderadultsdiagnosedwitharrhythmiawererecruitedbyconveniencesamplingfromFebruary2023toJanuary2024.Psychometricanalysisinvolvedinternalconsistency,test-retestreliability,convergentvalidity,floorandceilingeffects,discriminantvalidity,factorialvalidity,diagnosisaccuracy,andcalibration.Results:Thescaleshowedexcellentinternalconsistencyandreliability.Convergentanddiscriminantvaliditywereemphasized,andconfirmatoryfactoranalysisdemonstratedagoodfitofthemodelfollowingmodifica-tion.Thecut-offpointfordiscriminatingbetweenpoorandgoodqualityoflifewas13.5,andtheareaunderthecurvewas0.95.Conclusion:TheASTA-HRQOLArabicquestionnairepresentedgloballygoodpsychometricpropertiesamongolderadultpatientswitharrhythmia.

Keywords

ASTA, Qualityof life, Psychometric, Cut-point, Arabic

Publication Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.01.028

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