Quality-of-life evaluation in chronic wounds: comparative analysis of three disease-specific questionnaires
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Quality-of-life evaluation in chronic wounds: comparative analysis of three disease-specific questionnaires. / Augustin, Matthias; Baade, Katrin; Heyer, Kristina; Price, Patricia E; Herberger, Katharina; Wild, Thomas; Engelhardt, Michael; Debus, Eike S.
in: INT WOUND J, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 6, 12.2017, S. 1299-1304.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Quality-of-life evaluation in chronic wounds: comparative analysis of three disease-specific questionnaires
AU - Augustin, Matthias
AU - Baade, Katrin
AU - Heyer, Kristina
AU - Price, Patricia E
AU - Herberger, Katharina
AU - Wild, Thomas
AU - Engelhardt, Michael
AU - Debus, Eike S
N1 - © 2017 Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The study directly compared the feasibility and performance of three instruments measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic ulcers: the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment for wounds (FLQA-w), the Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule (CWIS) and the Würzburg Wound Score (WWS). The questionnaires were evaluated in a randomly assigned order in a longitudinal observational study of leg ulcer patients. Psychometric properties (internal consistency, responsiveness and construct validity) were analysed. Patient acceptance was recorded. Analysis of n = 154 patients revealed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0·85) for all instruments. There were minor floor effects in all questionnaires (<1%) and some ceiling effects in the CWIS. Construct validity was satisfactory, for example, correlation with EuroQoL-5D was r = 0·70 in the FLQA-w, r = 0·47/0·67/0·68 in the CWIS dimensions and r = 0·60 in the WWS. The proportion of missing values was higher in the CWIS, and overall patient acceptance was highest in the FLQA-w for wounds (54% best preferences) and lowest in the WWS (14%). In conclusion, the FLQA-w, the CWIS and the WWS are reliable, sensitive and valid instruments for the assessment of HRQoL in leg ulcers. However, they show differences in clinical feasibility and patient acceptance.
AB - The study directly compared the feasibility and performance of three instruments measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic ulcers: the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment for wounds (FLQA-w), the Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule (CWIS) and the Würzburg Wound Score (WWS). The questionnaires were evaluated in a randomly assigned order in a longitudinal observational study of leg ulcer patients. Psychometric properties (internal consistency, responsiveness and construct validity) were analysed. Patient acceptance was recorded. Analysis of n = 154 patients revealed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0·85) for all instruments. There were minor floor effects in all questionnaires (<1%) and some ceiling effects in the CWIS. Construct validity was satisfactory, for example, correlation with EuroQoL-5D was r = 0·70 in the FLQA-w, r = 0·47/0·67/0·68 in the CWIS dimensions and r = 0·60 in the WWS. The proportion of missing values was higher in the CWIS, and overall patient acceptance was highest in the FLQA-w for wounds (54% best preferences) and lowest in the WWS (14%). In conclusion, the FLQA-w, the CWIS and the WWS are reliable, sensitive and valid instruments for the assessment of HRQoL in leg ulcers. However, they show differences in clinical feasibility and patient acceptance.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1111/iwj.12803
DO - 10.1111/iwj.12803
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 28875518
VL - 14
SP - 1299
EP - 1304
JO - INT WOUND J
JF - INT WOUND J
SN - 1742-4801
IS - 6
ER -