The Turkish version of the Brace Questionnaire in brace-treated adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

Gür, Gözde; Yakut, Yavuz; Grivas, Theodoros B

doi:10.1177/0309364617690393

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“…With regard to validity, most domains of the C-BrQ were acceptably correlated to the C-SRS-22 and the results were similar to those by Angelo AG 9 , and Lim and Gür G et al 11,12 In our research, all Lenke subtypes were covered in the participants' clinical characteristics. However, the sample size was small and Lenke classi cation was not used to classify participants in the previous studies, which might explain the Cronbach's alpha coe cient of our study was different from that in those studies.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…-For items 1, 2, 3,7,8,9,10,11,13,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31, 32, 33 and 34: "Always", 1 point; "Most of the time", 2 points; "Sometimes", 3 points; "Almost never", 4 points; "Never", 5 points.…”

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“…Brace Questionnaire (BrQ), originally developed and validated in Greece, has been translated into different languages [8][9][10][11][12] and shown excellent reliability and validity. BrQ contains 34 Likert scale items and covers eight domains to measure QoL of AIS patients receiving bracing treatment.…”

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Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Brace Questionnaire for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zhang

Wang

Yao

et al. 2021

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Background: There is an increasing concern about the impact of bracing on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However, up to now, few multidimensional questionnaires on this impact are available in China. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (C-BrQ).Methods: The BrQ was translated from Greek into Chinese with proper cross-cultural adaptation.An observational, cross-sectional study in Chinese patients with AIS was conducted to measure the temporal stability of C-BrQ using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The effects of ceiling and floor were evaluated and the reliability was verified by examining the internal consistency. The C-BrQ domains were compared with the domains in C-SRS-22 using Pearson's correlation coefficient to assess the concurrent validity.Results: A total of 208 patients were included in the study. The results of test-retest reliability for each dimension of C-BrQ were desirable. The floor or ceiling effects were not demonstrated in the C-BrQ and C-SRS-22. Satisfactory internal consistency was found in all the C-BrQ domains. Most C-BrQ and C-SRS-22 domains showed satisfactory correlation coefficients, except when vitality and school activity in C-BrQ were compared with self-image, mental health and management satisfaction in C-SRS -22, respectively.Conclusion: C-BrQ is reliable in evaluating the QoL of AIS patients receiving brace treatment.Trial registration: This study protocol was registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Registration number: ChiCTR1800018310).

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Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Brace Questionnaire for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Wang

Yao

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“…In contrast, BrQ was designed specifically for AIS patients wearing braces as their primary treatment modality. Since its publication in 2006, BrQ has undergone cross-cultural adaptation into multiple foreign languages (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). Our current study introduced the Chinese version of BrQ following standard protocols of translation and cultural adaptation, which can be used as a clinical evaluation tool for Chinese patients AIS.…”

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“…To specifically evaluate the HRQoL of AIS patients under bracing treatment, Vasiliadis et al (11) first introduced the Brace Questionnaire (BrQ), which included eight domains (general health perception, physical functioning, emotional functioning, self-esteem and aesthetics, vitality, school activity, bodily pain and social functioning). The BrQ was initially developed and validated in Greek, and has been translated into Polish (12), Italian (13), French (14), Korean (15), Turkish (16), and Persian (17) and found to be valid. We herein aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically validate the contemporary Chinese version of BrQ following the standard protocol of transcultural validation as demonstrated in previous literature (18).…”

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Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)

Liu

Mai

et al. 2021

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Background: The Brace Questionnaire (BrQ) is a tool developed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who receiving bracing as the primary treatment. It was initially developed and validated in Greek. The current study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically validate the BrQ in contemporary Chinese used in mainland China. Methods: Translation of the BrQ from the original Greek into Chinese was performed. This study involved 70 Chinese adolescents between 10 and 18 years of age with a diagnosis of AIS and a Cobb angle measuring between 20 and 40 degrees. All patients received the same kind of brace for more than 4 months. Statistical analyses included internal consistency and the floor and ceiling effects of the BrQ. Subsequently, convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the measures in the BrQ with those in the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire (SRS-22). Results: There were no floor and ceiling effects observed with the Chinese version of BrQ. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.967. Internal consistency as measured by Cronbach's alpha was 0.923. The global BrQ score correlated strongly with the SRS-22 total score (r=0.743, P<0.001). Most domain-level sub-scores from the BrQ correlated with the respective domain scores of SRS-22. Conclusions: Cross-cultural translation and validation demonstrated excellent reliability, high internal consistency and satisfactory concurrent validity of the Chinese version of BrQ.

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Quality of life of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients under brace treatment: a brief communication of literature review

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Purpose To identify the life domains that are most frequently reported to be affected in scoliosis patients undergoing brace treatment. Methods A search within the PubMed database was conducted and a total of 60 publications were selected. We classified the studies based on the methods used to measure patients’ quality of life (QoL) and categorized the life domains reported to be affected. Results Self-image/body configuration was the most reported affected domain of patients’ QoL, identified in 32 papers, whilst mental health/stress was the second most reported affected domain. Mental health was identified in 11 papers, and 11 papers using the BSSQ questionnaire reported medium stress amongst their participants. Vitality was the third most reported affected domain, identified in 12 papers. Conclusions Our review indicates that scoliotic adolescents treated with bracing suffer in their quality of life most from psychological burdens. To improve these patients’ life quality, more attention should be focussed on supporting their mental health.

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The Turkish version of the Brace Questionnaire in brace-treated adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Brace Questionnaire for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Brace Questionnaire for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Brace Questionnaire (BrQ)

Quality of life of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients under brace treatment: a brief communication of literature review

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