Article

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). 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.

Langue : ANGLAIS