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ArticleEuropean journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine2022

Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the Quebec user evaluation of satisfaction with assistive technology (A-QUEST 2.0) in prosthesis users.

Nilüfer Kablan, Hadeel R Bakhsh, Walaa Alammar, Yaşar Tatar, Giorgio Ferriero

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Nilüfer KablanDepartment of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hadeel R BakhshDepartment of Rehabilitation, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - hrbakhsh@pnu.edu.sa.
Walaa AlammarDepartment of Rehabilitation, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Yaşar TatarFaculty of Sports Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Giorgio FerrieroUnit of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Scientific Institute of Tradate, IRCCS Maugeri, Tradate, Varese, Italy.

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backgroundThe evaluation of patient satisfaction and perceptions plays a vital role in determining the quality of prosthesis users' devices and the competency of healthcare services.

aimTo evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology (A-QUEST 2.0) with prosthetics users.

designA methodological study.

settingSaudi Arabia, Turkey. POPULATION: A convenience sample of outpatient prosthesis users (N.=183).

methodsThe A-QUEST 2.0 includes two subscales respectively evaluating the user's satisfaction with the device and the services provided. The data for each subscale were investigated using Rasch analysis to evaluate the item fit, reliability indices, item difficulty, local item dependency, and differential item functioning (DIF).

resultsBoth subscales met the Rasch criteria for the functioning of rating scale categories. All items showed an acceptable fit to the Rasch model. The person separation indices for the Device and Services subscales were 2.21 (Cronbach's α=0.90) and 1.72 (Cronbach's α=0.85), respectively. Therefore, the two subscales are sensitive enough to distinguish between at least three different levels of satisfaction. The unidimensionality of each subscale was confirmed, and none of the items displayed differential item functioning across age, gender, location of amputation, country, and duration of use.

conclusionsOverall, the findings indicate the psychometric evaluation of A-QUEST 2.0 is effective with prosthesis users across different clinical contexts and cultures. Thus, the A-QUEST 2.0 allows for a comprehensive understanding of users' perceptions of prosthesis characteristics, particularly among subjects with lower limb amputations caused by traumatic injuries. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Our paper provides clinicians dealing with Arabic patients a validated outcome measure for satisfaction with prosthesis. Besides providing information in the development of new products and service delivery. Further studies are necessary to improve the measure's metric quality in different contexts and for different prosthesis devices.

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Artificial LimbsSelf-Help DevicesHumansPatient SatisfactionPersonal SatisfactionPsychometricsQuebecReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMCPMC9980568

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