Development of the German social attitude barriers and facilitators to participation-scales: an analysis according to the Rasch model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social attitudes experienced by people with disabilities can strongly impact upon their health and quality of life. The extent to which social attitude measurement transcends specific cultures is unknown. Thus, the aim of the study was to develop German item banks to assess social attitude barriers and facilitators to participation and compare the construct definition with that developed in the United States.

Methods

The American version of the two item banks assessing social attitudes that act as barriers and facilitators in persons with disabilities was translated into German and culturally adapted. The sample consisted of 410 in- and outpatients treated for spinal diseases at a German University Hospital. The psychometric properties of the resulting 53 items-it

SUBMITTER: Upegui-Arango LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9074200 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature