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SynthesisSultan Qaboos University medical journal2020

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Quality of Life Scales for Arabic-Speaking Adults: A systematic review.

Mohammed Al Maqbali, Jackie Gracey, Jane Rankin, Lynn Dunwoody, Eileen Hacker, Ciara Hughes

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Synthesis in Sultan Qaboos University medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mohammed Al MaqbaliInstitute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Shore Road, Jordanstown Campus, Newtownabbey, UK.
Jackie GraceyInstitute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Shore Road, Jordanstown Campus, Newtownabbey, UK.
Jane RankinPhysiotherapy Department, Cancer Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
Lynn DunwoodyPsychology Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.
Eileen HackerSchool of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA.
Ciara HughesInstitute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Shore Road, Jordanstown Campus, Newtownabbey, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review aimed to explore the psychometric properties of quality of life (QOL) scales to identify appropriate tools for research and clinical practice in Arabic-speaking adults. A systematic search of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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AdultCulturally Competent CareFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesTranslationsCross-Cultural ComparisonPsychometricsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesSystematic ReviewTranslationsValidity and Reliability

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PMID32655904
PMCPMC7328836

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