Reliability of an Arabic version of the RAND-36 Health Survey and its equivalence to the US-English version
Reliability of an Arabic version of the RAND-36 Health Survey and its equivalence to the US-English version
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DOI：
10.1097/00005650-199803000-00018
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发表时间：
1998-03-01
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3
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Hays, RD
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作者：
Coons, SJ;Alabdulmohsin, SA;Hays, RD
目标。本研究的目的是：(1)评估兰德-36健康调查(RAND-36)阿拉伯语和英语版本在沙特阿拉伯公民样本中的可靠性和等价性；以及(2)使用阿拉伯语和英语版本评估沙特公民的健康状况。方法：在沙特阿拉伯达兰的沙特阿美公司，对方便的双语(英语和阿拉伯语)沙特公民(n=415)进行阿拉伯语和英语版本的调查。对阿拉伯文版和英文版的8个多项目量表的内部一致性、等值形式和重测信度进行了估计。结果：除1个亚组外，多个亚组的阿拉伯RAND-36量表的中位数均大于0.70。其中两个英国兰德-36量表的中位数Cronbach‘s Alpas超过0.70，其余的超过0.50。两周的重测相关性对两个版本都有统计学意义。测试对应的阿拉伯语和英语版本的兰德-36的等价性的乘积-矩相关性在0.73到0.92之间。沙特人报告的活力得分显著高于美国人，但身体功能、社会功能和总体健康感知得分显著低于美国人。结论。这一结果支持了兰德-36阿拉伯语和英语版本的可靠性和等效性。还需要对具有代表性的沙特普通人口样本进行进一步研究，以进一步评估阿拉伯文版的心理测量学特性。
OBJECTIVES. The objectives of this research were to: (1) evaluate the reliability and equivalence of the Arabic and English versions of the RAND-36 Health Survey (RAND-36) in a sample of Saudi Arabian citizens; and (2) assess the health status of a sample of Saudi Arabian citizens using both the Arabic and English versions.METHODS. Both the Arabic and English versions of the survey were administered to a convenience sample of bilingual (English and Arabic) Saudi citizens (n=415) at Saudi ARAMCO Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. internal consistency, equivalent-forms, and test-retest reliability were estimated for the eight multi-item scales in the Arabic and English versions. Mean scale scores were calculated for each version and compared with the general US population.RESULTS. The median Cronbach's alphas for the Arabic RAND-36 in multiple subgroups exceeded 0.70 for every scale except one. Two of the English RAND-36 scales had median Cronbach's alphas that exceeded 0.70; the remainder exceeded 0.50. Two-week test-retest correlations were all statistically significant for both versions. Product-moment correlations to test the equivalence of the corresponding Arabic and English versions of the RAND-36 ranged from 0.73 to 0.92. Saudi citizens reported significantly higher vitality scores, but significantly lower physical functioning, social functioning, and general health perception scores than the general US population.CONCLUSIONS. The results provide support for the reliability and equivalence of the Arabic and English versions of the RAND-36. Additional studies need to be conducted in a representative sample of the general Saudi population to further assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic version.