Psychometric properties of Arabic-translated-related quality of life scales for people with parkinson disease: a scoping review

doi:10.1186/s12889-024-20002-0

. 2024 Sep 14;24(1):2505.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20002-0.

Psychometric properties of Arabic-translated-related quality of life scales for people with parkinson disease: a scoping review

Chiraz Azaiez^{1

2

3}, Naser Chalghaf^{2

4}, Amayra Tannoubi^{4

5}, Noomen Guelmami^{4

6}, Medina Srem-Sai⁷, Frank Quansah⁸, John Elvis Hagan^{9

10}, Heifa Sneni^{2

3}, Ghada Boussayala^{2

3}, Imane Ghalmi¹¹, Mazin Inhaier Lami¹², Nicola Luigi Bragazzi^{4

6}, Stephane Mandigout¹³, Choukri Ben Ayed¹, Fairouz Azaiez^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Sociological Research Group on Contemporary Societies (GRESCO), University of Limoges, BP 23204, Limoges, 87032, France.
² Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Gafsa, 2100, Tunisia.
³ Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, 3047, Tunisia.
⁴ Ostgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, 16126, Italy.
⁵ Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, 7100, Tunisia.
⁶ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, 4700, Canada.
⁷ Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, University of Education, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Winneba, Ghana.
⁹ Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, PMB TF0494, Cape Coast, Ghana. elvis.hagan@ucc.edu.gh.
¹⁰ Neurocognition and Action-Biomechanics-Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany. elvis.hagan@ucc.edu.gh.
¹¹ Université de Mohamed Cherif Messadia, Souk Ahras, 41000, Algeria.
¹² College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Wasit, 52001, Wasit, Iraq.
¹³ University of Limoges, HAVAE, Limoges, 20217, F-87000, UR, France.

PMID: 39277745
PMCID: PMC11402201
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20002-0

Psychometric properties of Arabic-translated-related quality of life scales for people with parkinson disease: a scoping review

Chiraz Azaiez et al. BMC Public Health. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 14;24(1):2505.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20002-0.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Sociological Research Group on Contemporary Societies (GRESCO), University of Limoges, BP 23204, Limoges, 87032, France.
² Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Gafsa, 2100, Tunisia.
³ Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, 3047, Tunisia.
⁴ Ostgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, 16126, Italy.
⁵ Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, 7100, Tunisia.
⁶ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, 4700, Canada.
⁷ Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, University of Education, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Winneba, Ghana.
⁹ Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, PMB TF0494, Cape Coast, Ghana. elvis.hagan@ucc.edu.gh.
¹⁰ Neurocognition and Action-Biomechanics-Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany. elvis.hagan@ucc.edu.gh.
¹¹ Université de Mohamed Cherif Messadia, Souk Ahras, 41000, Algeria.
¹² College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Wasit, 52001, Wasit, Iraq.
¹³ University of Limoges, HAVAE, Limoges, 20217, F-87000, UR, France.

PMID: 39277745
PMCID: PMC11402201
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20002-0

Abstract

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) substantially contributes to poor functional outcomes, loss in productivity, and poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Despite the existence of various scales, there is a notable gap in existing HRQoL reviews with regard to the availability of Arabic validated scales. As a response to this gap, the aim of our scoping review is to identify validated scales, focusing on their psychometric validation procedures, to contribute valuable insights to the understanding of HRQoL among the Arabic-speaking people with PD.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted at the end of December 2022, using the Medline and Embase databases. The focus of this review was on examining the psychometric properties and validation procedures of included scales. Articles were included in the full-text screening process if they focused on people with PD of any age, included a scale measuring HRQoL in Arabic, and were written in English, French, or Arabic.

Results: After applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, 10 studies were selected to analyze HRQoL scales validated in people with PD. However, the PDQ-39 is the only HRQol PD specific scales validated in the Arabic language. Five studies validated in people with PD were identified in the context of instrument validation (3 generic, 1 specific validated in 2 studies).

Conclusion: There are several HRQoL measurement scales for people with PD. However, only one specific HRQoL instrument has been validated in Arabic for people with PD. For the remaining instruments identified they were just used in people with PD without being validated in this population.

Keywords: Health-related quality of life; Parkinson’s disease; Quality of life; Scale validation.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

The authors declare no competing interests.

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[1] Tysnes OB, Storstein A. Epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2017;124(8):901–5. 10.1007/s00702-017-1686-y - DOI - PubMed

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[9] Ashok PP, et al. Epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease in Benghazi, North-East Libya. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1986;88(2):109–13. 10.1016/S0303-8467(86)80005-1 - DOI - PubMed

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