Reliability of the Arabic Glasgow children’s benefit inventory

Abstract

Objectives: To translate the Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory (GCBI) questionnaire into Arabic language and assess its validity and reliability in scoring the benefit of patients after cochlear implantation in children. Methods: A cross-sectional study for a group of consecutive pediatric patients who underwent cochlear implantation between November 2018 and February 2020. The GCBI original questionnaire was translated into Arabic language and translated back to English by 2 different experts. The patients/parents were asked to complete the questionnaire given to them. Results: Seventy children were included in the study. The age at implantation ranged from 7 months to 13 years with a mean of 3.4 years (SD=2.3 years). The mean GCBI score was 52.2 (SD=24.0) ranging from-6.25 to 100.00. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was high (Cronbach's α=0.9). The 4-factor dimensions explained 55.1% of the variance. Conclusion: The GCBI questionnaire (Arabic version) is reliable tool to evaluate retrospectively the quality of life after an intervention in pediatric age for Arabic speaking population.

Translation and cultural adaptation of “Glasgow Children’s Benefit Inventory” into Brazilian Portuguese

“…During the application for the assessment of children submitted to tonsillectomy, the participation rate of respondents to the questionnaire was of 40.5%, similar to the participation rate of 38% 19 in the original study. The analysis of responses showed high reliability of the items, evidenced by the Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.94, similar to the original article, which obtained a Cronbach alpha of 0.92 19 and similar to the translations and cultural adaptations into Arabic 4 0.9 and German 8 0.84.…”

“…The most frequently used instruments are the “Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire”, the “KINDL-R Questionnaire” to measure the health-related quality of life in children and teenagers, the “Child Health Questionnaire”, the “Child Behavior Checklist”, the “Preschool children quality of life questionnaire” and the “Glasgow Children’s Benefit Inventory (GCBI)”, as the review carried out. 1 Among the analyzed questionnaires, the only one projected to be sensitive to changes after a medical intervention or treatment was the “Glasgow Children Benefit Inventory”, widely used to assess the impact of different procedures (cochlear implant, 4 bone anchored prosthesis, 5 nasal endoscopic surgery, 6 adenotonsillectomy 7 ). It was originally described in English and has already been validated in several languages, such as German, 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 Italian, 11 Dutch, 12 Spanish, 13 Swedish, 14 Greek, 6 Turkish, 15 Russian 16 and Mandarin Chinese, 17 allowing the comparison of results obtained from ENT interventions and treatments between different countries.…”

Perceived benefits of cochlear implants by parents: expectations, decision-making process, and barriers to care

“…Additionally, there is no stipulated tool to measure the outcome of the implant. Some QOL tools have been developed and validated for cochlear implant users to include every positive change but these tools are still subjective [ 11 ].…”