Chronic Wound
Conditions
Keywords
Validity and reliability. ., Arabic version QOL questionnaire, chronic wound
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to Help clinician modification of treatment through assess the validity and reliability of Arabic version of 17 items QOL questionnaire in patients with chronic wound. It translated to many languages but not present in form of arabic version.
Detailed description
The study will be cross sectional.participants: 100 patients according to sample size calculations suffering from chronic wound with age between 40-60 years. Using the minimum acceptable ICC of 0.75, expected ICC of 0.85, significance level 0.05, statistical power 80% and number of repetitions 2, the required sample size is about 100 subjects.The patients who met the inclusion criteria will be recruited. The purpose, significance, and procedures of the study will be explained to them, and written informed consent Will be obtained before enrollment.The researcher will measure the wounds and collect disease-related data during dressing changes. The participants will then be asked to fill out the questionnaires by themselves or with the help of the researcher.Each item is scored on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). On obtaining at least 75% response, the researcher calculated a second-order global score as well as scores for every dimension as the mean of the respective responses. Higher scores indicated greater impairment of the quality of life.
Interventions
OTHERArabic version QOL questionnaire
Arabic version QOL questionnaire The Wound-QoL is a wound-specific questionnaire containing 17 items from which one can derive three subscales and . The items 1-5, 6-10, and 11-16 belong to the subscale body, psyche, and everyday life, respectively
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who suffering from chronic wound at least 1 month prior to study enrollment, * Patients aged between 40-60 years .Provision of written informed consent. .All participants will be able to read and write in Arabic language. .All participants can understand items of the questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who had mental illnesses * Patients who were unable to fill in the questionnaire independently or answered the questions orally .Patient with communication, vision, hearing disorders. .Patient who doesn't fill the questionnaire till the end. * Patient who were isolated due to infection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body subscale | outcome measure will be applied after one month of wound injury | Body subscale include items (1-5). (My wound hurt, my wound had a bad smell , there was a distributing discharge from wound, the wound has affected my sleep , the treatment of the wound has been burden to me) score range from 0 to 4 , score 0 indicate better and score 4 indicate worser |
| Psyche subscale | outcome measure will be applied after one month of wound injury | Psyche subscale include items (6\_10), score range from 0 to 4 , score 0 indicate better and score 4 indicate worser ( The wound has made me unhappy, I have felt frustrated because the wound is taking so long to heal, I have worried about my wound,I have afraid of the wound getting worse or of new wounds appearing,I have afraid of knocking the wound |
| Day life subscale | outcome measure will be applied after one month of wound injury | Day life subscale include items (11-16)I have been a trouble moving about because of the wound, climbing stairs has been difficult because of the wound, I have had a trouble with day to day activities , The wound has limited my leisure activities , The wound has forced me to limit activities with others, I have felt dependant on help from other. score range from 0 to 4 , score 0 indicate better and score 4 indicate worser |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed