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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019

Quality of life assessment scales in polio survivors: a scoping review.

Surajo Kamilu Sulaiman, Heather Michelle Aldersey, Nora Fayed, Bashir Kaka, Christiana Okyere

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Surajo Kamilu SulaimanSchool of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Louise D. Acton Building, 31 George Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. surajo.sulaiman@queensu.ca.
Heather Michelle AlderseySchool of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Louise D. Acton Building, 31 George Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Nora FayedSchool of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Louise D. Acton Building, 31 George Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Bashir KakaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria.
Christiana OkyereSchool of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Louise D. Acton Building, 31 George Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuality of life evaluation is essential to explore the effect of paralytic polio on the daily life experience of the polio survivor. Researchers have employed a range of assessment instruments to evaluate quality of life among polio survivors. Hence, to select the appropriate scale, it is crucial to compare the contents and psychometric properties of these instruments. PURPOSE: This scoping review explores quality of life instruments that are used in polio literature and analyzes their contents and psychometric properties using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) criteria.

methodUsing the Arksey and O'Malley framework, we conducted a literature search in the following electronic databases Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar to identify relevant studies that focused on quality of life of polio survivors. Of the 88 articles that qualify for full-text screening, 34 studies met our inclusion criteria. Two independent reviewers extracted data from the selected studies via Covidence, a reference manager that allows for blinding of reviews.

resultsMost of the instruments included in this review are generic, self-reported, and multidimensional. Despite having mostly adequate psychometric properties, these properties were not evaluated in polio survivors.

conclusionThe information provided in this review could be used to guide instrument selection and identify the need to develop a new tool or to adapt a pre-existing scale for measuring quality of life among polio survivors.

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HumansPoliomyelitisPsychometricsQuality of LifeSurvivorsContentsPolioPsychometricsQuality of lifeQuestionnaires

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