Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine

The task of developing a new questionnaire or translating an existing questionnaire into a different language might be overwhelming. The greatest challenge perhaps is to come up with a questionnaire that is psychometrically sound, and is efficient and effective for use in research and clinical setti...

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Published in:Saudi journal of anaesthesia 2017-05, Vol.11 (Suppl 1), p.S80-S89
Main Authors: Tsang, Siny, Royse, Colin F, Terkawi, Abdullah Sulieman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics
Anesthesia
development
questionnaires
translation
validation
Anesthesiology
Medicine
Pain
Patients
Principal components analysis
Quality
Questionnaires
Review
Surgery
Surveys
Validity
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Summary:The task of developing a new questionnaire or translating an existing questionnaire into a different language might be overwhelming. The greatest challenge perhaps is to come up with a questionnaire that is psychometrically sound, and is efficient and effective for use in research and clinical settings. This article provides guidelines for the development and translation of questionnaires for application in medical fields, with a special emphasis on perioperative and pain medicine. We provide a framework to guide researchers through the various stages of questionnaire development and translation. To ensure that the questionnaires are psychometrically sound, we present a number of statistical methods to assess the reliability and validity of the questionnaires.
ISSN:1658-354X
0975-3125
DOI:10.4103/sja.SJA_203_17