Development and validation of a short version of the French Hand Function Sort questionnaire in vocational rehabilitation.

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serval:BIB_2FDDFA1D048B
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Development and validation of a short version of the French Hand Function Sort questionnaire in vocational rehabilitation.
Journal
Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine
Author(s)
Benhissen Z., Konzelmann M., Vuistiner P., Leger B., Luthi F., Devilliers H., Hilfiker R., Benaim C.
ISSN
1877-0665 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1877-0657
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
64
Number
6
Pages
101533
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The Hand Function Sort (HFS) is a pictorial self-administered questionnaire with 62 items. It is a valid and reliable scale focused on the physical function of the upper limbs. It is used to predict the return to work.
We aimed to develop and validate a short version of the French version of the HFS (HFS-F) to simplify its use in clinical practice.
We included patients with upper-limb chronic pain hospitalised for vocational rehabilitation from 2012 to 2019. Vocational rehabilitation aims to improve the autonomy of patients to regain their previous working capacity. The 62 items of the HFS-F were analysed in terms of patient and expert assessments, floor/ceiling effect, item-to-total correlation, principal component analysis, and Rasch analysis. A short HFS-F was developed. Thereafter, we assessed its internal consistency, test-retest reliability, criterion validity with the full-length HFS-F, construct validity with different scales (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand [DASH]; Brief Pain Inventory [BPI]; Hospital Anxiety and Depression [HAD]), standard error of measurement (SEM), and minimal detectable change (MDC).
Six experts were consulted, 34 patients were interviewed, and 629 questionnaires were analysed. Among the items, 25 were selected after the final round with the six experts. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability were excellent (Cronbach α=0.95, intraclass correlation coefficient=0.92, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.87 to 0.95). The correlation coefficient between scores of the short and full-length HFS-F was 0.841 (95% CI: 0.752 to 0.897, P<10-4), and those between the short HFS-F score and the DASH, BPI, HAD-Anxiety, and HAD-Depression scores were -0.816 (95% CI: -0.714 to -0.881, P<10-4), -0.529 (95% CI: -0.338 to -0.674, P<10-4), -0.451 (95% CI: -0.244 to 0.614, P=0.0001), and -0.360 (95% CI: -0.140 to -0.542, P=0.0018), respectively. The SEM and MDC values were estimated at 6/100 and 17/100, respectively.
A short version of the HFS-F was developed and validated. We named this questionnaire the 25 HFS-F.
Keywords
Humans, Rehabilitation, Vocational, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
19/05/2021 13:21
Last modification date
05/02/2022 7:32
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