Psychometric properties of the Arabic Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-A)
<h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">Occupational balance (OB) is a desirable outcome of rehabilitation because it is related to various health indices. The Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ) is a self-report measure of occupational balance. </p><h3>Aims/Obj...
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| Summary: | <h3>Background </h3><p dir="ltr">Occupational balance (OB) is a desirable outcome of rehabilitation because it is related to various health indices. The Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ) is a self-report measure of occupational balance. </p><h3>Aims/Objectives </h3><p dir="ltr">To examine the test-retest reliability, participant-level content validity, construct validity, internal consistency, and convergent validity of an Arabic occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11-A). </p><h3>Materials and Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 103 participants were recruited through convenience sampling. Test-retest reliability was examined using intraclass correlation coefficients, participant-level content validity using percentage of agreement in survey questions, construct validity using factor analysis, internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha, and convergent validity by examining associations with quality-of-life. </p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Intraclass Correlation Coefficient values for the total OBQ11-A scores and individual items were greater than 0.7 between the test and retest. The majority of respondents endorsed the relevance, comprehensiveness, and comprehensibility of the OBQ11-A. Cronbach’s alpha for the OBQ11-A total score was 0.899. Nine of the 11 OBQ11-A items had factor loadings greater than 0.7. Moderate associations were found between the total OBQ11-A scores and physical health (<i>n</i> = 101; <i>ρ</i> = .52, p < .001), psychological health (<i>n</i> = 101; <i>ρ</i> = .49, <i>ρ</i> < .001), social relationships (<i>n</i> = 101; ρ = .36, <i>ρ</i> < .001), and environmental domains (<i>n</i> = 101; <i>ρ</i> = .57, p < .001) of the quality-of-life measure. </p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">OBQ11-A demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties for research purposes. </p><h3>KEY MESSAGES </h3><p dir="ltr">Occupational balance, referring to an individual’s self-perception of having the right amount and variety of occupations in his/her occupational pattern, is associated with various health indicators and could serve as an additional outcome of rehabilitation. The Arabic version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-A) was found to have acceptable validity and reliability for use among Arabic-speaking populations. .</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Annals of Medicine<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2024.2346945" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2024.2346945</a></p> |
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