TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-reported Outcome Measures
T2 - The FACE-Q Skin Cancer Module: The Dutch Translation and Linguistic Validation
AU - Ottenhof, Maarten J.
AU - Lardinois, Aimee J. P. M.
AU - Brouwer, Philip
AU - Lee, Erica H.
AU - Deibel, Dionne S.
AU - van der Hulst, Rene R. W. J.
AU - Pusic, Andrea
AU - Sidey-Gibbons, Chris
AU - Hoogbergen, Maarten M.
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Background: Patient-reported outcome measures are becoming a standard component in the evaluation of surgical treatments. In 2010, the FACE-Q skin cancer module was developed: an English psychometric validated questionnaire that measures both patient quality of life and satisfaction with the surgical experience. The questionnaire consists of 11 subscales with a total of 96 questions. An officially translated version in Dutch is needed for accepted use in the Netherlands. Methods: We translated the FACE-Q skin cancer module from English into Dutch in accordance with to the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and World Health Organization guidelines. The translation occurs in three stages. First, a forward translation is performed by two independent professional translators, where discrepancies are solved by a third translator, a subject area expert. Secondly, a backward translation is performed and is compared with the original. Any discrepancies are solved by an expert panel. Version two is then pretested (cognitive debriefing) by 30 patients who have had a resection (Mohs surgery) of non-melanoma skin cancer in the face followed by reconstruction. The results of the pretesting exercise are evaluated and a final version of the translation was produced by the expert panel. Results: In the first step, a conceptually equivalent Dutch translation of the FACE-Q was translated. In the second phase, the comparison between the forward and backward translation led to multiple retranslations. In step three, 48 annotations were evaluated by the expert panel, which led to 26 minor changes in items or instructions. Conclusion: We created a conceptually and linguistically similar translation of the FACE-Q Skin Cancer Module through a thorough translation and linguistic validation process.
AB - Background: Patient-reported outcome measures are becoming a standard component in the evaluation of surgical treatments. In 2010, the FACE-Q skin cancer module was developed: an English psychometric validated questionnaire that measures both patient quality of life and satisfaction with the surgical experience. The questionnaire consists of 11 subscales with a total of 96 questions. An officially translated version in Dutch is needed for accepted use in the Netherlands. Methods: We translated the FACE-Q skin cancer module from English into Dutch in accordance with to the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and World Health Organization guidelines. The translation occurs in three stages. First, a forward translation is performed by two independent professional translators, where discrepancies are solved by a third translator, a subject area expert. Secondly, a backward translation is performed and is compared with the original. Any discrepancies are solved by an expert panel. Version two is then pretested (cognitive debriefing) by 30 patients who have had a resection (Mohs surgery) of non-melanoma skin cancer in the face followed by reconstruction. The results of the pretesting exercise are evaluated and a final version of the translation was produced by the expert panel. Results: In the first step, a conceptually equivalent Dutch translation of the FACE-Q was translated. In the second phase, the comparison between the forward and backward translation led to multiple retranslations. In step three, 48 annotations were evaluated by the expert panel, which led to 26 minor changes in items or instructions. Conclusion: We created a conceptually and linguistically similar translation of the FACE-Q Skin Cancer Module through a thorough translation and linguistic validation process.
KW - CULTURAL-ADAPTATION
KW - QUESTIONNAIRE
KW - SATISFACTION
KW - QUALITY
U2 - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002325
DO - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002325
M3 - Article
C2 - 31772871
SN - 2169-7574
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery-Global open
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery-Global open
IS - 10
M1 - 2325
ER -