RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 QOLIBRI Overall Scale: a brief index of health-related quality of life after traumatic brain injury
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1041
OP 1047
DO 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302361
VO 83
IS 11
A1 von Steinbuechel, Nicole
A1 Wilson, Lindsay
A1 Gibbons, Henning
A1 Muehlan, Holger
A1 Schmidt, Holger
A1 Schmidt, Silke
A1 Sasse, Nadine
A1 Koskinen, Sanna
A1 Sarajuuri, Jaana
A1 Höfer, Stefan
A1 Bullinger, Monika
A1 Maas, Andrew
A1 Neugebauer, Edmund
A1 Powell, Jane
A1 von Wild, Klaus
A1 Zitnay, George
A1 Bakx, Wilbert
A1 Christensen, Anne-Lise
A1 Formisano, Rita
A1 Hawthorne, Graeme
A1 Truelle, Jean-Luc
YR 2012
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/83/11/1041.abstract
AB Background The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) scale is a recently developed instrument that provides a profile of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in domains typically affected by brain injury. However, for global assessment it is desirable to have a brief summary measure. This study examined a 6-item QOLIBRI Overall Scale (QOLIBRI-OS), and considered whether it could provide an index of HRQoL after traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods The properties of the QOLIBRI-OS were studied in a sample of 792 participants with TBI recruited from centres in nine countries covering six languages. An examination of construct validity was undertaken on a subsample of 153 participants recruited in Germany who had been assessed on two relevant brief quality of life measures, the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale.Results The reliability of the QOLIBRI-OS was good (Cronbach's α=0.86, test–retest reliability =0.81) and similar in participants with higher and lower cognitive performance. Factor analysis indicated that the scale is unidimensional. Rasch analysis also showed a satisfactory fit with this model. The QOLIBRI-OS correlates highly with the total score from the full QOLIBRI scale (r=0.87). Moderate to strong relationships were found among the QOLIBRI-OS and the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale, Short-Form-36, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (r=0.54 to -0.76). The QOLIBRI-OS showed good construct validity in the TBI group.Conclusions The QOLIBRI-OS assesses a similar construct to the QOLIBRI total score and can be used as a brief index of HRQoL for TBI.