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Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine
Siny Tsang1, Colin F Royse2,3, Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi4,5,6
1Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
|June 16, 2017
Summary
Developing and translating medical questionnaires, especially for perioperative and pain medicine, can be challenging. This guide offers a framework and statistical methods to ensure questionnaires are psychometrically sound, efficient, and effective for research and clinical use.
Area of Science:
- Medical research methodology
- Health sciences
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Developing and translating questionnaires for medical research is complex.
- Ensuring psychometric soundness, efficiency, and effectiveness is crucial for clinical and research applications.
- Perioperative and pain medicine present unique challenges in questionnaire design.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide comprehensive guidelines for developing and translating medical questionnaires.
- To offer a structured framework for researchers navigating questionnaire creation and adaptation.
- To emphasize psychometric validation using statistical methods.
Main Methods:
- Development of a guiding framework for questionnaire creation and translation.
- Application of statistical methods to assess questionnaire reliability and validity.
- Focus on practical considerations for medical fields, particularly perioperative and pain medicine.
Main Results:
- A systematic approach to questionnaire development and translation is presented.
- Guidelines are provided to ensure psychometric integrity.
- Statistical techniques for evaluating reliability and validity are outlined.
Conclusions:
- This article offers a valuable resource for researchers in medical fields, especially perioperative and pain medicine.
- Adherence to the proposed framework and methods can lead to the creation of robust and validated questionnaires.
- The guidelines aim to enhance the quality and utility of questionnaires in research and clinical practice.
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