RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE SWALLOW QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE

Authors : Numan DEMİR, Selen SEREL ARSLAN, Özgü İNAL, Nezahat Özgül ÜNLÜER, Aynur Ayşe KARADUMAN

Pages : 19-24

Doi:10.21653/tfrd.271061

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Publication Date : 2016-04-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: The purpose of this study was to translate the Swallow Quality of Life Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SWAL-QOL); into Turkish and to test its reliability and validity among patients with neurogenic swallowing disorders. Methods: One hundred and five patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mean age= 57±15.4 years, mean weight= 69.5±16.3 kg, mean height=162.8±22.4 cm); completed the Turkish version of the SWAL-QOL insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T-SWAL-QOL); and short form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WHO QOL-BREF);. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability and criterion validity of T-SWAL-QOL as psychometric analysis were explored. Reliability was estimated using tests of internal consistency and test– retest reliability. The correlation between T-SWAL-QOL and WHO-QOL-BREF was calculated to evaluate criterion validity. Results: The internal consistency of T-SWAL-QOL was found to be high with 0.88 Cronbach’s alpha value for test and 0.91 Cronbach’s alpha value for retest. General burden, eating duration, eating desire and social subscales were found to have good test-retest reliability insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.696, r=0.790, r=0.787, r=0786, p<0.001; respectively); and, food selection, fear of eating, sleep, fatigue, communication and mental health were found to have excellent test-retest reliability insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.832, r=0.833, r=0.841, r=0.839, r=0.883, r=0.847, p<0.001; respectively);. A weak/moderate correlation was found between the T-SWAL-QOL and WHO-QOL-BREF insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Discussion: The T-SWAL-QOL was shown to be a valid and reliable questionnaire in dysphagia evaluation. This study will contribute to solve the problem about the lack of a scale to measure the dysphagia specific quality of life in Turkey.
Keywords : Deglutition, deglutition disorders, quality of life