Cultural adaption and psychometric validation of the Danish Illness Identity Questionnaire (IIQ-DK) in adolescents and emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Illness Identity Questionnaire (IIQ) captures the ways in which individuals integrate chronic illness into their identity. The objectives were to linguistically validate and culturally adapt a Danish language version of the IIQ, and to evaluate the psychometric properties of this Danish version.

Methods

IIQ was adapted through a forward-backward translation process, content validity assessment, and cognitive interviews (n = 5). Data for psychometric analysis were collected through an online Danish version of the IIQ (IIQ-DK). Data quality, internal consistency, and item correlations were assessed. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted.

Results

Cognitive interviews resulted in re-wordings of two items. 1176 adolescents and emerging adults (15-26

SUBMITTER: Ingersgaard MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9280371 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature