Evaluation of the Intermittent Exotropia Questionnaire using Rasch analysis.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
IMPORTANCE: The Intermittent Exotropia Questionnaire (IXTQ) is a patient, proxy, and parental report of quality of life specific to children with intermittent exotropia. We refine the IXTQ using Rasch analysis to improve reliability and validity. OBSERVATION: Rasch analysis was performed on responses of 575 patients with intermittent exotropia enrolled from May 15, 2008, through July 24, 2013, and their parents from each of the 4 IXTQ health-related quality-of-life questionnaires (child 5 through 7 years of age and child 8 through 17 years of age, proxy, and parent questionnaires). Questionnaire performance and structure were confirmed in a separate cohort of 379 patients with intermittent exotropia. One item was removed from the 12-item child and proxy questionnaires, and response options in the 8- to 17-year-old child IXTQ and proxy IXTQ were combined into 3 response options for both questionnaires. Targeting was relatively poor for the child and proxy questionnaires. For the parent questionnaire, 3 subscales (psychosocial, function, and surgery) were evident. One item was removed from the psychosocial subscale. Resulting subscales had appropriate targeting. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The Rasch-revised IXTQ may be a useful instrument for determining how intermittent exotropia affects health-related quality of life of children with intermittent exotropia and their parents, particularly for cohort studies.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Leske, DA; Holmes, JM; Melia, BM; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group,
Duke Contributors
Published Date
- April 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 133 / 4
Start / End Page
- 461 - 465
PubMed ID
- 25634146
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4393341
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2168-6173
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.5622
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States