Citation

Caracuel A, Bateman A, Teasdale TW, Verdejo-García A, Pérez-García M. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. 2011; 26(6): 478-488.

Affiliation

Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico Department and Neurosciences Institute F. Olóriz, University of Granada, Spain (Drs Caracuel, Verdejo-García, and Pérez-Garcia); The Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (Dr Bateman); and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Dr Teasdale).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181fc042c

PMID

21169861

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: To explore the factor structure of the European Brain Injury Questionnaire and to assess the cross-cultural and construct validity of this questionnaire by using Rasch analysis. PARTICIPANTS:: A total of 366 individuals with traumatic brain injury or stroke were recruited from 3 different countries: Spain (116 participants), the United Kingdom (110 participants), and France (140 participants). ANALYSES:: We first performed a factor analysis and then applied Rasch analysis to the resulting factors to examine construct and cross-cultural validity. RESULTS:: Three subscales labeled Depressive Mood, Cognitive Dysfunction, and Poor Social and Emotional Self-regulation were extracted using the factor analysis. In the Rasch analyses, 8 items were removed because of misfit and 7 items showed differential item functioning by country. CONCLUSION:: Rasch analyses showed good fit to the model, unidimensionality, construct validity, and good reliability of the 3 European Brain Injury Questionnaire subscales. However, only the Depressive and Cognitive subscales showed cross-cultural validity.

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