title: Arabic translation and adaptation of Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To translate and adapt the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey (CCFSS), and test its validity and reliability for use in Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred-bed tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-six adult relatives of patients who had been cared for in an intensive care unit for 24 hrs or more.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CCFSS, a battery of 20 items divided into five subscales, was translated into Arabic. After transfer of patients to regular inpatient units, interviewers administered the survey to their next-of-kin. Respondents ranked their satisfaction with each item on a 5-point Likert scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subscale scores were calculated as the average of the individual item scores. The total scale score was the sum of the subscale scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total scale and 'Information', 'Support', 'Comfort' and 'Assurance' subscales showed acceptable internal consistency (Spearman's correlation coefficient of the total score with each of the subscale scores = 0.52-0.81, P<0.01; Cronbach's alpha = 0.67-0.88). But the 'Proximity' subscale performed poorly (r=0.48, P<0.01; Cronbach's alpha = 0.36). Discriminant validity was tested with a Spearman's rank correlation matrix of the subscales, and ranged from weak between 'Support' and both 'Assurance' and 'Information' (r=0.80) to substantial between 'Information' and 'Proximity' (r=0.54) (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This Arabic translation and adaptation of the CCFSS is a valid, reliable and feasible tool to evaluate family satisfaction in Saudi Arabian intensive care units.
authors.affiliation: International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Rue Engeland 642, Brussels B-1180, Belgium. alisonbrown40@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hijazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations