Citation

Arumugam PK, Thayal PK. J. Burn Care Res. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1093/jbcr/iraa182

PMID

33095880

Abstract

The American Burn Association/Shriners Hospital for Children Burn Outcomes Questionnaire (BOQ) is burn specific quality of life assessment questionnaire for children. In this study we modified the questionnaire to suit the Indian population and also translated it to Hindi. Three questions were modified according to its Indian context. One new question was added to the 'Transfers and mobility' domain; a new domain 'Economic impact' with 2 questions was added to study the economic impact on families. Twenty-five patients of age 5-18 yrs were included in the study. The Indian adaptation of Burn Outcome Questionnaire - Hindi Version 5-18 years (I-BOQ-HV 5-18 years) was found to be feasible in the Indian population. The internal consistency of the modified scale was good with all except one domain with Cronbach's alpha >0.7. Test retest reliability was done with intraclass correlation which was good, with values of >0.7 for all domains. Pearson's correlation coefficient showed good discriminant validity between the domains. Factor analysis using principle component analysis with orthogonal rotation resulted in 10 of the 12 components with good factor loadings. The I-BOQ-HV 5-18 years has been shown to reliably predict quality of life of children with burns in India.

Language: en

Keywords

India; Quality of life; Burn outcomes questionnaire; Hindi version; I-BOQ-HV; Pediatric burns