Validation of the Spanish version of a questionnaire to measure quality of care through the eyes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (QUOTE-IBD)

✍ Scribed by Miquel Masachs; Francesc Casellas; Natalia Borruel; Antonio Torrejón; Isabel Castells; Juan Ramón Malagelada

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1078-0998
• DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21156

✦ Synopsis

Background:

Crohn's disease (cd) and ulcerative colitis (uc) are chronic immunoinflammatory diseases that place a considerable burden on patients, their families, and society. quality of care plays an important role for patients. a questionnaire to measure quality of care through the eyes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (quote-ibd) has been designed and validated specifically for the english language and culture. the objective was to translate the quote-ibd into spanish and to determine its validity in patients with ibd.

Methods:

This is a prospective study in 2 phases: first, translation and validation of the spanish quote-ibd. translation was based on the validated quote-ibd. second, once the complete translation was finished, comprehension of the items was assessed with a specific questionnaire in a reduced number of patients. criterion validity was assessed with the pearson's correlation coefficient between scores of the quote-ibd and visual analog scales (vas). in order to analyze the reproducibility of the spanish quote-ibd, the questionnaire was completed by stable patients twice, with a span of time of at least 4 weeks.

Results:

A total of 103 patients (cd: 61, uc: 42) were included in the study. pearson's correlation coefficient between total care spanish quote-ibd and vas of health care items was 0.34 (p < 0.001). correlations among all 6 care dimensions score of spanish quote-ibd and vas were statistically significant (p < 0.01). results of first and second administration of total care and dimensional care scores of spanish quote-ibd in 46 stable patients were not different.

Conclusions:

The spanish quote-ibd has proved to be a valid instrument to measure the quality of health care for patients with cd and uc.