@article{ref1,
title="Validation of the QOLIBRI - Quality of Life after Brain Injury questionnaire in patients after TBI in Israel",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2018",
author="Groswasser, Zeev and Peled, Israela and Ross, Sharon and Truelle, Jean-Luc and von Steinbuechel, Nicole",
volume="32",
number="7",
pages="879-888",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The QOLIBRI - Quality of Life after Brain Injury questionnaire was developed by the QOLIBRI Task Force (QTF). Our goal was to investigate the applicability, validity and reliability of the QOLIBRI in Israel. <br><br>METHODS: Validation of the Hebrew questionnaire was performed after it had been administered to 128 adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), who were between 3 months' and 15 years' post-discharge from rehabilitation. <br><br>RESULTS: The internal consistency of the QOLIBRI subscales with the QOLIBRI Total scale was high (Cronbach's α = 0.92); the same was true regarding the correlations between each QOLIBRI subscale and its own items (α = 0.92-0.95). Significant and high Pearson's and Spearman's correlations of the QOLIBRI subscales with demographic and clinical characteristics of the GOSE, ADL, HADS, SF-36, and various aspects of self-reported health status were found. Factor analyses (FA) were applied to confirm the validity of the Hebrew version, using the maximum likelihood method. The six subscales explained 100% of the variance. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The Hebrew version of the QOLIBRI was found to be useful, meaningful and meeting psychometric criteria in persons after TBI in Israel. The findings support the cross-cultural applicability of the QOLIBRI, regardless of cultural and social differences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2018.1466196",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1466196"
}