Reliability and validity of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire for discharged patients with spinal cord injury / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the reliability and validity of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire used in discharged patients with spinal cord injury. Methods 262 cases of discharged patients after spinal cord injury were assessed by using Chinese version impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire, and detect the reliability and validity of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire. Results Cronbachαcoefficient for the remaining 25 items of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire was 0.942, for the 4 dimensions of Cronbachαcoefficient ranged between 0.678～0.911;Split-half reliability was 0.864 for the remaining 25 items of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire and 0.688～0.754 for the 4 dimensions. Analysis of content validity of the Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire indicated that CVI was 0.956, exploratory factor analysis of Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire yielded 4 factors, which explained 70.09％of the total variance. Conclusions The Chinese version of impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument to assess participation and autonomy level of discharged patients with spinal cord injury in Chinese culture background.