{"id":11641,"date":"2021-03-19T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T09:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11641"},"modified":"2021-03-19T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T12:24:27","slug":"original-research-validation-of-chichewa-short-musculoskeletal-function-assessment-smfa-questionnaire-a-cross-sectional-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11641","title":{"rendered":"Original Research: Validation of Chichewa Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) questionnaire: A cross-sectional study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Linda Chokotho<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beit Cure International Hospital, Blantyre Malawi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:\u00a0<\/strong>Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire, SMFA, Chichewa, clinimetric measures, quality of life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><br>The Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) tool measures function and quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal conditions.<br>Objective<br>This study aimed to translate and adapt culturally the SMFA into Chichewa, and assess its clinimetric properties.<br><strong>Methods<\/strong><br>The translated Chichewa version was administered to 53 patients with musculoskeletal disorders. To assess repeatability, an additional 20 patients answered the questionnaire twice over a time interval of two weeks. Internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, and repeatability were tested; construct validity was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment tool (WHOQOL-BREF).<br><strong>Results<\/strong><br>There was good internal consistency for both Dysfunction and Bothersome indices (Cronbach\u2019s alpha 0.90) and good construct validity between both indices with the WHOQOL-BREF. Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for repeatability for the Dysfunction Index were 0.941 and 0.922 (95% CI: 0.772, 0.971) respectively, and 0.877 and 0.851 (95% CI: 0.629, 0.941) for the Bothersome Index respectively.<br><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><br>The translated Chichewa SMFA is a valid tool for populations that speak the Chichewa language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Journal Identifiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>eISSN: 1995-7262<br>print ISSN: 1995-7262<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/185354-Article-Text-471420-1-10-20190405.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Chokotho Beit Cure International Hospital, Blantyre Malawi Keywords:\u00a0Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire, SMFA, Chichewa, clinimetric measures, quality of life Abstract BackgroundThe Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) tool measures function and quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal conditions.ObjectiveThis study aimed to translate and adapt culturally the SMFA into Chichewa, and assess its clinimetric properties.MethodsThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98],"tags":[66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11650,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11641\/revisions\/11650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}