Validation of the Italian version of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcome (AAV-PRO) questionnaire

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology..

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was the translation and validation of the ANCA-associated vasculitis patient-reported outcome (AAV-PRO) questionnaire into Italian, denoted as AAV-PRO_ita. The secondary objective was to evaluate the impact of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) on quality of life (QoL) and work impairment in a large cohort of Italian patients.

Methods: The study design took a prospective cohort study approach. First, the AAV-PRO was translated into Italian following the step guidelines for translations. The new AAV-PRO_ita questionnaire covered three disease domains: organ-specific and systemic symptoms and signs; physical function; and social and emotional impact. Second, Italian-speaking AAV patients were recruited from 17 Italian centres belonging to the Italian Vasculitis Study Group. Participants completed the AAV-PRO_ita questionnaire at three time points. Participants were also requested to complete the work productivity and activity impairment: general health questionnaire.

Results: A total of 276 AAV patients (56.5% women) completed the questionnaires. The AAV-PRO_ita questionnaire demonstrated a good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Female AAV patients scored higher (i.e. worse) in all thee domains, especially in the social and emotional impact domain (P < 0.001). Patients on glucocorticoid therapy (n = 199) had higher scores in all domains, especially in the physical function domain (P < 0.001), compared with patients not on glucocorticoid therapy (n = 77). Furthermore, patients who had at least one relapse of disease (n = 114) had higher scores compared with those who had never had one (n = 161) in any domain (P < 0.05). Finally, nearly 30% of the patients reported work impairment.

Conclusion: The AAV-PRO_ita questionnaire is a new 29-item, disease-specific patient-reported outcome measuring tool that can be used in AAV research in the Italian language. Sex, glucocorticoids and relapsing disease showed the greatest impact on QoL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology advances in practice - 8(2024), 1 vom: 12., Seite rkae001

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Treppo, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Isola, Miriam [VerfasserIn]
De Martino, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Padoan, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Giollo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Urban, Maria Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Monti, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Sartorelli, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Fassio, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Argolini, Lorenza Maria [VerfasserIn]
Marvisi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Gattamelata, Angelica [VerfasserIn]
Regola, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Ferro, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cassone, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Motta, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Berti, Alvise [VerfasserIn]
Conticini, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Guiducci, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Matucci-Cerinic, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Lo Gullo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Manfredi, Andreina [VerfasserIn]
Frediani, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Bortolotti, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Selmi, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Baldini, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Franceschini, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Conti, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Caporali, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Rossini, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Dagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Montecucco, Carlomaurizio [VerfasserIn]
Emmi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Schiavon, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Salvarani, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Quartuccio, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AAV-PRO
ANCA
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Patient-reported outcome
Quality of life
Questionnaire
Vasculitis
Work impairment

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rap/rkae001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370051548