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Psychometric performance of the Romanian version of the SarQoL®, a health-related quality of life questionnaire for sarcopenia

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Abstract

Summary

Our study assessed the psychometric properties of the Romanian SarQoL® questionnaire. Normal distribution and high internal consistency were found. Sarcopenic subjects reported a reduced global quality of life compared to non-sarcopenics. The Romanian version of the SarQoL® questionnaire, conceptually and literally equivalent with the source instrument, is qualified in terms of psychometric properties.

Purpose/introduction

We have recently provided a translated and culturally tailored version of the first quality of life (QoL) questionnaire specific for sarcopenia, the SarQoL®, in Romanian language. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric performances of the translated questionnaire.

Methods

A total of 100 volunteers were enrolled in the study. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the algorithm proposed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP). To test the psychometric performance, discriminative power, internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, and construct validity analyses were made. We assessed the correlation between SarQoL® and similar/different domains of other two QoL questionnaires.

Results

Sarcopenic subjects reported a reduced global QoL compared to non-sarcopenic individuals. Significantly (p = 0.018) higher total scores for non-sarcopenic subjects compared to those of sarcopenics indicate a good discriminative power of the Romanian questionnaire. Sarcopenic individuals had significantly lower scores in almost all domains. The Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.946 indicates a high internal consistency. No floor or ceiling effects were found. A strong positive correlation was also found between similar domain scores from SF-36 and EQ-5D questionnaires with the Total SarQoL® score. Moreover, lower scores of quality of life have been shown to be significantly associated with lower muscle strength, in univariate analyses, and lower gait speed, both in univariate and multivariate analyses.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that the Romanian version of the SarQoL® questionnaire, qualified in terms of psychometric properties, could be a useful tool to assess the sarcopenia-related QoL among frail Romanian individuals.

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  • 17 September 2018

    The name and surname of the authors have been inverted. The correct order would be like this: Andrea Ildiko Gasparik, Gabriela Mihai, Charlotte Beaudart, Olivier Bruyere, Raluca-Monica Pop, Jean-Yves Reginster, Ionela Maria Pascanu.

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  1. Public Health and Health Management, Department of University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu Mures, Gheorghe Marinescu Street No.38, Tîrgu Mures, Mures, Romania

    Gasparik Andrea Ildiko

  2. Endocrinology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tîrgu Mures, Gheorghe Marinescu Street No. 38, Tîrgu Mures, Mures, Romania

    Mihai Gabriela, Pop Raluca-Monica & Pascanu Ionela Maria

  3. Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liege, Liège, Belgium

    Beaudart Charlotte, Bruyere Olivier & Reginster Jean-Yves

  4. Quartier Hôpital, University of Liege, Avenue Hippocrate, 13 Bât B23, 4000, Liège, Belgium

    Beaudart Charlotte, Bruyere Olivier & Reginster Jean-Yves

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Ildiko, G.A., Gabriela, M., Charlotte, B. et al. Psychometric performance of the Romanian version of the SarQoL®, a health-related quality of life questionnaire for sarcopenia. Arch Osteoporos 12, 103 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-017-0397-1

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