@article{ref1,
title="Spanish, French, and British Cross-cultural Validation of the European Brain Injury Questionnaire",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2011",
author="Caracuel, Alfonso and Bateman, Andrew and Teasdale, Thomas W. and Verdejo-García, Antonio and Pérez-García, Miguel",
volume="26",
number="6",
pages="478-488",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181fc042c",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181fc042c"
}