Development and validation of a questionnaire assessing household work limitations (HOWL-Q) in women with rheumatoid arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has female preponderance and interferes with the ability to perform job roles. Household work has 2 dimensions, paid and unpaid. There is not a validated instrument that assesses the impact of RA on limitations to perform household work. We report the development and validation of a questionnaire that assesses such limitations, the HOWL-Q.

Methods

The study was performed in 3 steps. Step-1 consisted on HOWL-Q conceptual model construction (literature review and semi-structured interviews to 20 RA outpatients and 20 controls, household workers, who integrated sample (S)-1). Step-2 consisted of instructions selection (by 25 outpatients integrating S-2), items generation and reduction (theory and key informant suggestions, modified natural

SUBMITTER: Ortiz-Haro AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7377421 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature