Japanese translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) in Japanese social service users
Japanese translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) in Japanese social service users
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DOI：
10.1186/s12955-019-1128-7
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发表时间：
2019-04-11
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Malley, Juliette
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作者：
Nakamura-Thomas, Hiromi;Morikawa, Mie;Malley, Juliette
背景资料：本研究的目的是开发和进行跨文化验证的成人社会护理成果工具包（阿斯科特）的四个层次的自我完成问卷（SCT 4）工具，以衡量社会护理相关的生活质量的日本版本。重要的是要开发一个日本版本的ASCOT-SCT 4和验证它在日本的背景下，考虑到在测量结果的社会关怀servicesinJapan.Methods的兴趣：ASCOT-SCT 4的原始版本被翻译成日语以下良好的实践指南。此外，还从一个负责管理和提供社会关怀服务的独立委员会获得了意见和反馈，以完善新开发的翻译版本的句子流。结果：使用结构方程模型（Structural Equation Modeling）和项目反应理论（Item Response Theory），在使用社会关怀服务的社区居住成年人中，对日语版的因子结构和量表体系进行了跨文化验证。这两个项目在语言上很难用日常语言表达，因此潜在的参与者可以很容易地理解预期的概念。在跨文化验证中，我们获得了在可接受范围内的模型拟合值：因子载荷在0.706和0.550之间，比较拟合指数为0.923，Tucker-Lewis指数为0.910，近似均方根误差为0.083。这证实了日本版本的因子结构。然而，IRT分析显示，规模系统需要完善，以促进每个响应选项之间的适当区分。结论：本研究提供了初步证据，ASCOT-SCT 4的日本版本是有效的。结果，日文版最终定稿并得到仪器开发商的批准。
Background: The aim of this study was to develop and perform cross-cultural validation of a Japanese version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) four-level Self-Completion questionnaire (SCT4) instrument to measure Social-Care Related Quality of Life. It was important to develop a Japanese version of the ASCOT-SCT4 and validate it in the Japanese context, given the interest in measuring outcomes of social care services in Japan.Methods: The original version of ASCOT-SCT4 was translated into Japanese following good practice guidelines. Additionally, comments and feedback were obtained from an independent committee engaged in managing and providing social care services to refine the flow of sentences of the newly developed translated version. The resulting version was tested for cross-cultural validation among community-dwelling adults who use social care services to confirm the factorial structure and the scale system of the Japanese version, using Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory.Results: Vigorous discussion was needed to translate the original version into Japanese especially for the items control over daily life and dignity. These two items were linguistically difficult to express in everyday language so potential participants could easily understand the intended concepts. In the cross-cultural validation, we obtained values for model fit within the acceptable range: between 0.706 and 0.550 for factor loadings, 0.923 for the Comparative Fit Index, 0.910 for the Tucker-Lewis Index, and 0.083 for the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation. This confirmed the factorial structure of the Japanese version. The IRT analysis, however, revealed that the scale system needed refinement to facilitate appropriate differentiation between each response option.Conclusions: This study provided preliminary evidence that the Japanese version of ASCOT-SCT4 is valid. As a result, the Japanese version was finalized and approved by the instrument developer.