PMID- 18312324
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080828
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1468-3083 (Electronic)
IS  - 0926-9959 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 7
DP  - 2008 Jul
TI  - Measurement of family impact of skin disease: further validation of the Family 
      Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI).
PG  - 813-21
LID - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02593.x [doi]
AB  - AIM: To adapt the Impact on Family scale (IOF), originally developed for families 
      of children with chronic illnesses, for use in families of adult patients and to 
      examine the convergent validity of the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index 
      (FDLQI) by comparing it with the adapted version of the IOF scale. METHODS: Adult 
      family members of patients with different skin diseases attending the 
      out-patients clinic of a secondary referral centre completed the FDLQI and the 
      adapted version of the IOF scale, whereas patients completed the Dermatology Life 
      Quality Index (DLQI). RESULTS: A total of 50 patients and 50 family 
      members/partners participated in the study. The mean scores for the three 
      instruments were as follows: FDLQI = 6.0 (SD = 6.4, median = 4); IOF scale = 27.9 
      (SD = 8.2, median = 29); DLQI = 5.4 (SD = 5.6, median = 3). There was no 
      difference between male and female participants in the mean scores of any of the 
      three instruments. The FDLQI demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's 
      alpha = 0.91). Factor analysis revealed the presence of one factor structure 
      underlying the items of the FDLQI, which explained 55.8% of the total variance. 
      The IOF scale also showed a high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89). 
      The results of factor analysis revealed one dominant factor and three weaker 
      factors, which together explained 72% of the total variance. The convergent 
      validity of the FDLQI was demonstrated by a highly significant positive 
      correlation between the mean FDLQI and the IOF scale scores (r(s) = 0.61, P < 
      0.0001). All the items of the FDLQI also had significant correlations with the 
      mean total IOF scale scores (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study 
      have demonstrated that with minor modifications IOF scale, which was originally 
      developed for families of children suffering from chronic illnesses, can also be 
      used in families of adult dermatology patients. The study has also provided 
      further evidence of the validity of the newly developed FDLQI.
FAU - Basra, M K A
AU  - Basra MK
AD  - Department of Dermatology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, 
      Cardiff. drkhurshid69@hotmail.com
FAU - Edmunds, O
AU  - Edmunds O
FAU - Salek, M S
AU  - Salek MS
FAU - Finlay, A Y
AU  - Finlay AY
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20080227
PL  - England
TA  - J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
JT  - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
JID - 9216037
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - *Family Health
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Marital Status
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Skin Diseases/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
EDAT- 2008/03/04 09:00
MHDA- 2008/08/30 09:00
CRDT- 2008/03/04 09:00
PHST- 2008/03/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/08/30 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/03/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - JDV2593 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02593.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2008 Jul;22(7):813-21. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02593.x. Epub 2008 Feb 27.