Family Reported Outcome Measure - 16 (FROM-16): Creation, Reliability and Reproducibility of the Polish Language Version

• Main Authors: Ewa Wójcik (Author), Radomir Reszke (Author), Agnieszka Otlewska (Author), Łukasz Matusiak (Author), Faraz M. Ali (Author), Andrew Y. Finlay (Author), Jacek C. Szepietowski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Chronic diseases not only have a direct influence on patients' quality of life, but can also affect the life of family members. The aim of this study was to create the Polish language version of a questionnaire estimating impact of disease on quality of family life: the Family Reported Outcome Measure - 16 (FROM-16). A standard forward and backward translation procedure was used to convert the original English version of FROM-16 into the Polish language. Creation of the Polish version was performed in a group of 30 patients' family members. The Polish language version of FROM-16 showed very good internal consistency reliability, the Cronbach α coefficient was 0.89. Reproducibility level was established with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.98. The Polish language version of FROM-16 can potentially be used as a tool to assess quality of life of patients' family members.

Item Description

0001-5555
1651-2057
10.2340/00015555-3583