Reference Values and Psychometric Properties of the Quality of Life After Traumatic Brain Injury-Overall Scale in Italy, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom

Wu, Yi-Jhen; Rauen, Katrin; Zeldovich, Marina; Voormolen, Daphne C.; Covic, Amra; Cunitz, Katrin; Plass, Anne-Marie; Polinder, Suzanne; Haagsma, Juanita A. und Steinbuechel, Nicole von (2021): Reference Values and Psychometric Properties of the Quality of Life After Traumatic Brain Injury-Overall Scale in Italy, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. In: Value in Health, Bd. 24, Nr. 9: S. 1319-1327

Abstract

Objectives: The Quality of Life after Brain Injury-Overall Scale (QOLIBRI-OS) is a short screening instrument for assessing disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after traumatic brain injury. To date, no reference values are available for the QOLIBRI-OS in general populations. Thus, this study aimed to establish reference values for the QOLIBRIOS in general population samples from Italy, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Methods: Data were collected using an online survey. The total sample comprised 11759 participants, consisting of 3549 Italian, 3564 Dutch, and 4646 British subjects. In this sample, 49% of the total sample did not report any health complaints, whereas 51% had at least 1 chronic health condition. Reference values were deduced for the QOLIBRI-OS for health-condition- related samples and total general population samples per country. To ensure the comparability of these values, measurement invariance was assessed using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Covariates characterizing the reference values were selected with the help of regression analyses. Results: The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that the QOLIBRI-OS scores measured the same traumatic brain injury- specific HRQoL construct across the 3 countries. Healthy individuals reported significantly higher HRQoL than individuals with at least 1 chronic health condition. Older age and higher education levels were significantly associated with higher HRQoL. Conclusions: Because the reference values displayed differences in terms of age and education level across the 3 countries, we recommend using country-specific reference values stratified by sociodemographic and health status in research and clinical practice.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1098-3015
• Sprache: Englisch