Development and validation of the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC): Rasch analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the development and validation of a novel patient reported outcome measure for symptom burden from long covid, the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC).

Design

Multiphase, prospective mixed methods study.

Setting

Remote data collection and social media channels in the United Kingdom, 14 April to 1 August 2021.

Participants

13 adults (aged ≥18 years) with self-reported long covid and 10 clinicians evaluated content validity. 274 adults with long covid field tested the draft questionnaire.

Main outcome measures

Published systematic reviews informed development of SBQ-LC's conceptual framework and initial item pool. Thematic analysis of transcripts from cognitive debriefing interviews and online clinician surveys establ

SUBMITTER: Hughes SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature