Validation of the French version of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) questionnaire.
BACKGROUND
The Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief questionnaire is a widely validated tool for estimating the health related quality of life and for assessing the best multidisciplinary management of burn patients. The aim of this study was to translate the BSHS-B into French and to investigate its reliability and validity.


METHODS
According to the procedure proposed by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Medical Outcomes Trust, the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) was translated from the English version into French. In order to test the reliability of the French version of the BSHS-B, 53 burn patients French speakers completed the BSHS-B and SF-36 questionnaires from two to four years after burn. Ten of them have been re-tested at 6 months after the first evaluation. To evaluate clinical utility of the BSHS-F, internal consistency, construct validity (using SF-36) and stability in time were assessed using Cronbach's alpha statistic, Spearman rank test, and intra-class correlation coefficient respectively.


RESULTS
The French version of the BSHS-B Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.93 and was >0.80 for all the sub-domains. French version of the BSHS-B and the SF-36 were positively correlated, all the associations were statistically significant (p<0.01). Intra-class correlation coefficients for test-retest ranged between 0.95 and 0.99 for the sub-domains. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) for the total score was 0.98.


CONCLUSIONS
The French version of the BSHS-B shows a robust rate of internal consistency, construct validity and stability in time, supporting its application in routine clinical practice as well as in international studies.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Toulouse Rangueil, CHU Rangueil, 1, Avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse, France.
S
S
Gandolfi
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Rouen, CHU Charles Nicolle, France.
I
I
Auquit-Auckbur
CNR-Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica "A. Ruberti" (IASI), BioMatLab, Rome, Italy.
S
S
Panunzi
Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome "Sapienza", Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Sant'Andrea", Rome, Italy.
E
E
Mici
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Toulouse Rangueil, CHU Rangueil, 1, Avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse, France.
J-L
JL
Grolleau
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Toulouse Rangueil, CHU Rangueil, 1, Avenue Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: Benoitchaput31@gmail.com.
B
B
Chaput
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006941:Hyperesthesia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014937:Work
Burn; French BSHS; Multidisciplinary management; Quality of life; Validation