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Development and evaluation of a questionnaire instrument for chemical intolerance, based on the International
Anna Söderholm1,2, Ingrid Liljelind1, Berit Edvardsson1
1Department of Public Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Purpose:
The purpose was to develop a questionnaire instrument to measure difficulties in activities and participation, and impact of environmental factors in chemical intolerance, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and to assess its validity and reliability.
Method:
Development in three steps: (1) choosing items of relevance for chemical intolerance with an expert group, (2) conducting interviews with persons with chemical intolerance, using sampling to redundancy, (3) conducting a survey with 112 respondents at a first assessment and 91 at a second assessment for test-retest.
Results:
The final version of the instrument consists of 57 items divided in three parts, which showed good internal consistency in each part, Cronbach alpha: 0.73-0.87. It had good content validity, readability and face validity. Test-retest showed good to very good (≥0.61) Kappa agreement for 37 items, and moderate (0.41-0.60) for 17 items. Three items had poor or fair (<0.41) Kappa agreement.
Conclusion:
The instrument was found to be valid and reliable. It can be used as a clinical tool to help persons with chemical intolerance to receive the best suited help and support for each individual, identify key points in rehabilitation, measure rehabilitation outcome and establish priority for treatment.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe questionnaire instrument based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health which was developed and evaluated in this study, can be used to measure difficulties in activities and participation, and impact of environmental factors in chemical intolerance.Persons with chemical intolerance report lack of support from healthcare and society. Using this questionnaire instrument can help forming the best suited help and support for each individual based on his/her preconditions.This questionnaire instrument can be used to identify key points in rehabilitation and measure rehabilitation outcome.
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