Validation of the Italian version of the burn specific health scale-brief

Lucia Sideli; Angela Di Pasquale; Alessia Prestifilippo; Anna Benigno; Alice Bartolotta; Chiara Rita Cirrincione; Daniele La Barbera

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.003

Validation of the Italian version of the burn specific health scale-brief

Burns. 2014 Aug;40(5):995-1000. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.003. Epub 2013 Nov 23.

Authors

Lucia Sideli¹, Angela Di Pasquale², Alessia Prestifilippo³, Anna Benigno², Alice Bartolotta³, Chiara Rita Cirrincione³, Daniele La Barbera³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: lucia.sideli@gmail.com.
² Operative Unit of Plastic Surgery and Burn Therapy, Civico and Benfratelli Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
³ Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

PMID: 24280530
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.003

Abstract

Introduction: A growing awareness of psychological and functional impairment due to burns have led to the development of specific instruments to evaluate Quality of Life in this population, such as the Burn Specific Health Scale - Brief (BSHS-B), whose psychometric properties have been consistently verified. The aim of this study was to translate the BSHS-B into Italian and to investigate its reliability and validity.

Methods: Translation procedures were carried out according to accepted standards. Internal reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Concurrent validity was evaluated through correlations between the BSHS-B and the Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36), the Self-report Clinical Inventory (SCL-90), and the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT).

Results: The overall Cronbach's alpha value for the scale was 0.887. Significant correlations were found between the Italian BSHS-B domains, the SF-36 subscales (Spearman's rho: 0.184-0.414), and several SCL-90 subscales (Spearman's rho: -0.173 to -0.477). Furthermore, the affect and relationship domain and the skin domain of the BSHS-B negatively correlated with the compulsive self-monitoring and depersonalization subscales of the BUT.

Conclusion: The Italian translation of BSHS-B has shown satisfactory internal consistency, criterion validity, and convergent validity, supporting its application in routine clinical practice as well as in international studies.

Keywords: BSHS-B; Burns; Quality of life.

Publication types

Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Image / psychology*
Burns / complications
Burns / psychology*
Female
Health Status
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Male
Middle Aged
Pain / etiology
Pain / psychology*
Psychometrics / instrumentation
Quality of Life / psychology*
Reproducibility of Results
Social Behavior*
Surveys and Questionnaires