The Arabic medication-related burden quality of life (MRB-QoL) tool: Cross-cultural adaptation and content validation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Medication-Related Burden Quality of Life (MRB-QoL) is a 31-item valid and reliable patient-reported measure of medicine burden on functioning and well-being in people with long-term conditions (LTC).

Objectives

To translate, culturally adapt, and content validate the MRB-QoL into Arabic.

Methods

A rigorous approach to cross-cultural adaptation proposed by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) guideline was followed. After 3 forward translations and 2 backward translations, a multidisciplinary expert panel assessed the content validity (CV) of the items through a 2-round e-modified Delphi method followed by two-step cognitive debriefings with patients with LTC using think-aloud and probing techniques. An item-cont

SUBMITTER: Al-Ebrahim SQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11532770 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature