Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
The ASAS Health Index and Environmental Factors Item Set: validity and reliability of the Swedish translations in Swedish patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Authors' conclusion
The Swedish version of ASAS HI proved to be valid and reliable
Study context
- Population
- Swedish patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
- Outcome
- Reliability of the Swedish ASAS HI (internal consistency, test-retest) and EFIS (test-retest, item kappa)
Methodological detailsforward-backward translation and cross-cultural adaptation, test-retest reliability
- Forward-backward translation and cross-cultural adaptation
- Test-retest reliability
Performance
As reported in the abstract
ASAS Health Index (HI) internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), acceptable
0.79
ASAS HI test-retest reliability (ICC), excellent
0.87
Environmental Factors Item Set (EFIS) test-retest reliability, kappa for individual items ranging from poor to good
−0.027 to 0.80
Original publication
The ASAS Health Index and Environmental Factors Item Set: validity and reliability of the Swedish translations in Swedish patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Scand J Rheumatol. Published 31 October 2023. doi:10.
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