Abstract
Purposes
The purposes of this study was to 1) perform a cross-cultural Arabic translation for
the Patient-Rated Wrist and Hand Evaluation (PRWHE-A) using standardized guidelines
and, 2) to test the psychometrics properties of the translated measure.
Methods
A total of 48 patients with variety of hand disabilities, a mean age of 47 ± 16 years
were recruited and assessed two times. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)
was used for assessing test-retest reliability of the PRWHE-A and its subscales while
Cronbach's alpha (CA) was used for assessing the internal consistency. Construct validity
was assessed by examining the strength of the correlation between the PRWHE-A and
the Arabic version of the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH-A).
Results
The PRWHE-A demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability (ICC= 0.97) and internal
consistency (CA= 0.96). The DASH-A demonstrated moderately to low correlation (r=
0.64) with the PRWHE-A.
Conclusions
The results of this study indicated that PRWHE-A is a reliable and valid assessment
tool and can be used in patients with different wrist/hand disabilities whose primary
language is Arabic.
Keywords
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- #1.The PRWHE-A is
- a.an invention of the insurance industry
- b.based on work originating in the European Union
- c.a PRO
- d.only for use in Saudi Arabia
- a.
- #2.Reliability was assessed with
- a.an ICC
- b.a Pearson
- c.a student T test
- d.a regression line
- a.
- #3.The construct validity was evaluated by comparing the PRWHE-A to the
- a.Jebsen-Taylor Test
- b.Michigan Hand Inventory-A
- c.DASH
- d.DASH-A
- a.
- #4.The PRWHE-A was shown to be
- a.neither reliable nor valid
- b.reliable, but not valid
- c.valid and reliable
- d.valid, but not reliable
- a.
- #5.The PRWHE-A is applicable to Farsi
- a.true
- b.false
- a.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 28, 2015
Accepted:
May 11,
2015
Received in revised form:
March 13,
2015
Received:
August 26,
2014
Footnotes
Declaration of conflicting interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
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