Validation of the translated Oxford ankle foot questionnaire in 82 Danish children aged between five and 16 years.
Bone Joint J
; 97-B(3): 420-6, 2015 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-25737528
ABSTRACT
We present the validation of a translation into Danish of the Oxford ankle foot questionnaire (OxAFQ). We followed the Isis Pros guidelines for translation and pilot-tested the questionnaire on ten children and their parents. Following modifications we tested the validity of the final questionnaire on 82 children (36 boys and 45 girls) with a mean age of 11.7 years (5.5 to 16.0) and their parents. We tested the reliability (repeatability (test-retest), child-parent agreement, internal consistency), feasibility (response rate, time to completion, floor and ceiling effects) and construct validity. The generic child health questionnaire was used for comparison. We found good internal consistency for the physical and the school and play domains, but lower internal consistency for the emotional domain. Overall, good repeatability was found within children and parents as well as agreement between children and parents. The OxAFQ was fast and easy to complete, but we observed a tendency towards ceiling effects in the school and play and emotional domains. To our knowledge this is the first independent validation of the OxAFQ in any language. We found it valid and feasible for use in the clinic to assess the impact on children's lives of foot and/or ankle disorders. It is a valuable research tool.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Disability Evaluation
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Foot
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Ankle
Type of study:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Bone Joint J
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Denmark