Cross-cultural validity of the Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life questionnaire in the quality of life survey after pulmonary embolism: A Persian-speaking cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life (PEmb-QoL) questionnaire is the first disease-specific scale for assessing the quality of life in patients with a history of pulmonary embolism (PE).

Objectives

To assess the cross-cultural validity and reliability of the disease-specific PEmb-QoL questionnaire.

Methods

The Persian version was prepared through the forward and backward translation of the English questionnaire. Six months after the diagnosis of acute PE, consecutive Persian-speaking patients were asked to complete the PEmb-QoL, the generic 36-item Short Form (SF-36) questionnaires and undertake a 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Acceptability was assessed via item missing rate, reproducibility by the test-retest method, and internal consistency reliability by

SUBMITTER: Mehdizadeh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163673 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature