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Quality of life after pulmonary embolism: validation of the French version of the PEmb-QoL questionnaire.

  • Rochat M Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Mathilde.Rochat@chuv.ch.
  • Méan M Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. marie.mean@chuv.ch.
  • Limacher A Department of Clinical Research, and Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. alimacher@ctu.unibe.ch.
  • Hugli O Emergency Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. olivier.hugli@chuv.ch.
  • Klok FA Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. F.A.Klok@lumc.nl.
  • Cohn DM Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. d.m.cohn@amc.uva.nl.
  • Aujesky D Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Drahomir.Aujesky@insel.ch.
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  • 2014-12-04
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  • Health and quality of life outcomes. - 2014
English BACKGROUND
The PEmb-QoL is a validated 40-item questionnaire to quantify health-related quality of life in patients having experienced pulmonary embolism (PE). It covers six health dimensions: frequency of complaints, activities of daily living limitations, work-related problems, social limitations, intensity of complaints, and emotional complaints. Originally developed in Dutch and English, we sought to prospectively validate the psychometric properties of a French version of the PEmb-QoL.


METHODS
We performed a forward and backward translation of the English version of the PEmb-QoL into French. French-speaking consecutive adult patients with an acute, objectively confirmed PE admitted to the emergency department of a Swiss university hospital between 08/2009 and 09/2011 were recruited telephonically. We used standard psychometric tests and criteria to evaluate the acceptability, reliability, and validity of the French version of the PEmb-QoL. We also performed an exploratory factor analysis.


RESULTS
Overall, 102 patients were enrolled in the study. The French version of the PEmb-QoL showed good reliability (internal consistency, item-total and inter-item correlations), reproducibility (test-retest reliability), and validity (convergent, discriminant) in French-speaking patients with PE. The exploratory factor analysis suggested three underlying dimensions: limitations in daily activity (items 4b-m, 5a-d), symptoms (items 1a-h and 7), and emotional complaints (items 9a-f and j).


CONCLUSION
We successfully validated the French version of the PEmb-QoL questionnaire in patients with PE. Our results show that the PEmb-QoL is a valuable tool for assessing health-related quality of life after PE in French-speaking patients.
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