Transcultural adaptation and validation of the QUALEFFO-41 Questionnaire for Hebrew-Speaking Israeli women with postmenopausal osteoporosis with and without vertebral fractures
Authors' conclusion
The Hebrew version of QUALEFFO-41 demonstrates moderate reliability and validity properties for assessing quality of life in Israeli postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and vertebral fractures.
Study context
- Population
- Hebrew-speaking Israeli postmenopausal women aged 50–90 years with osteoporosis with and without vertebral fractures
- Participants
- 155 women
- Comparison
- Hebrew QUALEFFO-41 vs EQ-5D
- OVFn = 49
- OPCn = 106reference
- Outcome
- Psychometric properties of Hebrew QUALEFFO-41
Methodological detailstranscultural adaptation, translation following international guidelines
- Transcultural adaptation
- Translation following international guidelines
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha)
0.88
Questions with good to excellent correlations, OVF
90%
Questions with good to excellent correlations, OPC
97%
Further findings
| Outcome | QUALEFFO-41 | EQ-5D |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosing women with osteoporosis and fractures (ROC)Both showed sufficient sensitivity | ||
| AUC | 0.767 | 0.756 |
Original publication
Transcultural adaptation and validation of the QUALEFFO-41 Questionnaire for Hebrew-Speaking Israeli women with postmenopausal osteoporosis with and without vertebral fractures. Osteoporos Int. Published 28 May 2025. doi:10.
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