Measurement Properties of the Duke Activity Status Index in Arab Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Ali Albarrati; Abeer H Abdulghani; Monira I Aldhahi; Rakan Nazer

doi:10.3390/ijerph192113783

Measurement Properties of the Duke Activity Status Index in Arab Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 23;19(21):13783. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113783.

Authors

Ali Albarrati¹, Abeer H Abdulghani¹, Monira I Aldhahi², Rakan Nazer³

Affiliations

¹ Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
³ Cardiac Sciences Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 3642, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the measurement properties of the Arabic version of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). A sample of 100 Arab patients with CVD completed the Arabic version of the DASI and underwent an exercise stress test (EST) on the first visit, and the metabolic equivalent (MET) was obtained from each outcome measure. On the second visit, patients with CVD completed the Arabic version of the DASI along with the global rating of change scale (GRC). Reliability, including the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity, were examined. Patients with CVD (86 males), mean (SD) age 54.98 (10.2) years, completed the study. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.87, and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC_2,1) was 0.93. The estimated MET and peak VO₂ obtained from the DASI were correlated with the estimated MET and peak VO₂ obtained from the EST (r = 0.58, r = 0.56, all p-values < 0.001). The Arabic version of the DASI is a simple, quick, reliable, and valid measure of functional capacity in Arabic-speaking patients with CVD. The DASI may serve as a screening tool for functional capacity in patients with CVD in clinical settings.

Keywords: CVD; DASI; activity limitation; outcome measure; psychometric properties.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arabs*
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Exercise Test
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2022R286), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.