Reliability and validity of Chinese version of Atrial Fibrillation-Quality of Life-18 / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To translate and revise the Atrial Fibrillation-Quality of Life -18 (AF-QoL-18),and to test its reliability and validity. Methods The Chinese version of AF-QoL-18 was developed through the process of translation, back- translation, cultural adaptation, and preliminary experiment. A total of 187 atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in eight hospitals in Jiangsu province were investigated using the Chinese version to test the reliability and validity. Results Exploratory factor analysis identified three factors, including physiological, psychological and sexual dimensions, which could explain 65.055%of the total variance. The content validity index was 0.969. The Cronbach α coefficient was 0.915 and the retest reliability was 0.948 for the total scale. Conclusions The Chinese version AF-QoL-18 has proved to be reliable and valid.It can be used to measure the quality of life of AF patients in China.