Psychometric properties of the French Hot Flash Related Daily Interference Scale (HFRDIS)

Abstract

Objective

Hot flashes are one of the major symptoms of climacteric syndrome. Despite the high prevalence of these symptoms, few questionnaires assessing the impact of hot flashes on quality of life have been validated. The aim of this study was to validate a French version of the Hot Flash Related Daily Interference Scale (HFRDIS) in a sample of French women.

Methods

In this prospective study, data were obtained from two groups of women aged between 40 and 60 years from both women without breast cancer and women under hormone therapy for breast cancer between March 2021 and February 2022. Translation was made by an official English–French translator using the forward–backward method.

Results

One hundred and sixty-seven women completed the HFRDIS questionnaire. The scree plots confirmed unidimensional structure. Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.92 [0.90–0.94] similar to the original version. The intra-class correlation coefficients of each item ranged between 0.58 and 0.71 Concordance of the scores of each item with those obtained during the validation of the original version of the HFRDIS was confirmed.

Conclusion

The validation results show that the French version of the HFRDIS questionnaire is a valid tool to evaluate the impact of hot flashes on the daily life activities of patients.

摘要

目的：潮热是更年期综合征的主要症状之一。尽管这些症状的发生率很高, 但很少有评估潮热对生活质量影响的问卷得到验证。这项研究的目的是验证法国版的潮热相关日常干预量表（HFRDIS）在法国女性样本中的有效性。

方法：在这项前瞻性研究中, 从2021年3月至2022年2月期间, 从两组年龄在40至60岁之间的非乳腺癌女性和接受激素治疗的乳腺癌女性中获得数据。翻译是由官方的英法翻译采用正向-反向法进行的。

结果：167名女性完成了HFRDIS调查问卷。梯形图证实了单维结构。Cronbach's a系数为0.92[0.90-0.94], 与原始版本相似。每个项目的类内相关系数在0.58和0.71之间, 每个项目的分数与原始版本的HFRDIS验证期间获得的分数一致。

结论：验证结果显示, 法国版HFRDIS问卷是评估潮热对患者日常生活活动影响的有效工具。

Keywords:

• Hot flashes
• questionnaire validation
• French translation
• Hot Flash Related Daily Interference Scale

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Rotary Club for their support.

Potential conflict of interest

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

Source of funding

The authors declare that no funds, grants or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript.

Correction Statement

This article was originally published with errors, which have now been corrected in the online version. Please see Correction (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2023.2204014)