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Hindi Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire on Patients with
Akanksha Chaurasiya1, Jay Kumar Ranjan2, Nityanand Pandey3
1Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Banaras Hindu University, Rajghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001, India.
Background:
The Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPCSQ) is a widely used tool for assessing the pattern and severity of post-head injury symptoms, and has been translated and validated in various languages. However, a Hindi version of this questionnaire is not yet available. Therefore, the present study aimed to adapt the RPCSQ into Hindi and examine its factorial structure along with its psychometric properties.
Method:
The original English version of RPCSQ was adapted into Hindi by using the cross-cultural adaptation process. The final adapted Hindi version of RPCSQ (RPCSQ-H) was administered on traumatic brain injury (TBI) participants to assess its reliability, factor structure, discriminant validity, construct validity, and temporal stability of scale.
Result:
The psychometric evaluation of the scale yielded an acceptable Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.768. The temporal stability of RPCSQ-H was significant at the acute stage, with test-retest coefficients of 0.713 and 0.615 after 7 days and 14 days, respectively. Additionally, the results supported a six-factor model of the RPCSQ-H with good convergent validity, factor reliability, and discriminant validity.
Conclusion:
The RPCSQ-H demonstrates strong reliability and validity along with good psychometric to assess post-head injury symptoms in Hindi-speaking patients with TBI.
