Translation and validation of the health-related quality of life in stroke patients - 26 (HRQoLISP-26) scale into Filipino for Filipino adult stroke Patients.

Shanelle Katrina N TAN; Portia Margarita D SIMSUANGCO; Fatima Mae S SINGSON; Joselle T SINSON; Celina Therese R SOLOMON; Arnold Christopher P SORIANO; Stephen Lorenzo P SULAY; Mikhael Thaddeus S SUPE; Rafael Alfonso S SYFU; Althea Jannary C TALENS; Ian Cedric D TAN; Jan Tyrone CABRERA; Wennielyn F FAJILAN; Elenita MENDOZA; John Dale TROGO

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Translation and validation of the health-related quality of life in stroke patients - 26 (HRQoLISP-26) scale into Filipino for Filipino adult stroke Patients.

Author: Shanelle Katrina N. TAN ¹ ; Portia Margarita D. SIMSUANGCO ¹ ; Fatima Mae S. SINGSON ¹ ; Joselle T. SINSON ¹ ; Celina Therese R. SOLOMON ¹ ; Arnold Christopher P. SORIANO ¹ ; Stephen Lorenzo P. SULAY ¹ ; Mikhael Thaddeus S. SUPE ¹ ; Rafael Alfonso S. SYFU ¹ ; Althea Jannary C. TALENS ¹ ; Ian Cedric D. TAN ¹ ; Jan Tyrone CABRERA ² ; Wennielyn F. FAJILAN ³ ; Elenita MENDOZA ³ ; John Dale TROGO ³
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1. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Metro Manila, NCR, Philippines
2. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Metro Manila, NCR, Philippines;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Metro Manila, NCR, Philippines
3. Sentro sa Salin, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Metro Manila, NCR, Philippines
Publication Type:Journal Article, Original
MeSH: Quality Of Life; Patients; Life; Health; Adult; Stroke
From: Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas 2026;10(1):1895-1903
CountryPhilippines
Abstract: INRODUCTION
Stroke is one of the top five leading causes of disability in the Philippines. It has a significant impact on the quality of life (QoL) of patients, particularly in the functional and psycho-emotional aspects. Thus, it is important to understand the health-related quality of life in stroke patients (HRQoLISP), which focuses on the clinical impact of the disease and disability. The assessment of a stroke patient’s QoL is prognostically significant as it can predict a patient’s treatment success and survival.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to translate the HRQoLISP-26 into Filipino and assess its content validity for Filipino adult stroke patients.
METHODOLOGY
The HRQoLISP-26 was translated into Filipino using a forward translation protocol and an expert analyzed the forward translation. Selected expert committee members reviewed the first version to assess for content validity and the questionnaire was modified accordingly. The content validity index (CVI) was used for content validity.
RESULTS
Majority of the revisions made were done to improve the semantic and grammatical accuracy of items in the Filipino version of the HRQoLISP-26. Only a few items had no revisions implemented. No revisions were done in the final version of the translated questionnaire as each item had a CVI of 1 indicating that it has good content validity.
CONCLUSION
The Filipino translated HRQoLISP-26 questionnaire is a validated questionnaire that allows assessment of a stroke survivor’s QoL.