A Rasch Analysis of the Q-LES-Q-SF questionnaire in a cohort of patients with neuropathic pain

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Result on the web

<a href="http://redakce.ambitmedia.cz/nn/article/view/1626" target="_blank" >http://redakce.ambitmedia.cz/nn/article/view/1626</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14735/amcsnn201960" target="_blank" >10.14735/amcsnn201960</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A Rasch Analysis of the Q-LES-Q-SF questionnaire in a cohort of patients with neuropathic pain

Original language description

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to establish measurement properties of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire short form (Q-LES-Q-SF) employing the Rasch Masters Partial Credit Model. Methods: Consecutive patients with neuropathy (N = 1301) were interviewed by 86 out-patient care neurologists. The physicians recoded patients&apos; gender, age, education, main and associated diagnosis, length of main disease, the CGI-Severity scale, and patients filled up the Q-LES-Q-SF quality of life questionnaire. Results: The findings establish that (a) the instrument is unidimensional; (b) 5-point scale categories progress monotonically; (c) the construct &quot;quality of life&quot; was adequately operationalized; (d) there was neither floor nor ceiling effect; (e) the scale is acceptably well targeted; (f) there was no differential item functioning found from the viewpoint of gender, age and CGI with exception of the item reflecting sexual drive, interest and/or performance; older patients were less satisfied with their sexual life. Conclusions: Our analysis brought reliable evidence that the Q-LES-Q-SF questionnaire satisfactorily approximate resemblance between theoretical expectations of the Rasch model and our data, and that the instrument appears to be a reliable instrument for assessment of wellbeing in patients with neuropathy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30210 - Clinical neurology

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie

ISSN

1802-4041

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

82

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

60-67

UT code for WoS article

000458015800008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85067003302