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Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis

Sierakowska, Matylda; Sierakowski, Stanis?aw; Sierakowska, Justyna; Horton, Mike; Ndosi, Mwidimi

Authors

Matylda Sierakowska

Stanis?aw Sierakowski

Justyna Sierakowska

Mike Horton

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Dr Mwidimi Ndosi Mwidimi.Ndosi@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Nursing Rheumatology



Abstract

© 2014, The Author(s). Objectives: To undertake cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) for use with people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Poland.Methods: The study involved two main phases: (1) cross-cultural adaptation of the ENAT from English into Polish and (2) Cross-cultural validation of Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT). The first phase followed an established process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. The second phase involved completion of the Pol-ENAT by patients and subjecting the data to Rasch analysis to assess the construct validity, unidimensionality, internal consistency and cross-cultural invariance.Results: An adequate conceptual equivalence was achieved following the adaptation process. The dataset for validation comprised a total of 278 patients, 237 (85.3%) of which were female. In each disease group (145, RA and 133, SSc), the 7 domains of the Pol-ENAT were found to fit the Rasch model, X2(df)=16.953(14), p=0.259 and 8.132(14), p=0.882 for RA and SSc, respectively. Internal consistency of thePol-ENAT was high (patient separation index=0.85 and 0.89 for SSc and RA, respectively), and unidimensionality was confirmed. Cross-cultural differential item functioning (DIF) was detected in some subscales, and DIF-adjusted conversion tables were calibrated to enable cross-cultural comparison of data between Poland and the UK.Conclusion: Using a standard process in cross-cultural adaptation, conceptual equivalence was achieved between the original (UK) ENAT and the adapted Pol-ENAT. Fit to the Rasch model, confirmed that the construct validity, unidimensionality and internal consistency of the ENAT have been preserved.

Citation

Sierakowska, M., Sierakowski, S., Sierakowska, J., Horton, M., & Ndosi, M. (2015). Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis. Quality of Life Research, 24(3), 721-733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0805-6

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 10, 2014
Online Publication Date Sep 18, 2014
Publication Date Mar 5, 2015
Deposit Date Mar 1, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Quality of Life Research
Print ISSN 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN 1573-2649
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 3
Pages 721-733
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0805-6
Keywords rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, patient education, needs assessment, cross-cultural validation, Rasch analysis
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/836938
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0805-6
Related Public URLs https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349946/