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2. The Initial Economic Burden of Femur Fractures on Informal Caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Author

Heather J. Roberts, Hao-Hua Wu, Edmund N Eliezer, Erik J. Kramer, Elliot Marseille, Ericka P. von Kaeppler, Saam Morshed, David W. Shearer, and Claire A. Donnelley

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Femoral Shaft Fracture, Orthopaedic trauma, Financial Stress, Tanzania, Indirect costs, Dar es salaam, medicine, Humans, Femur, Original Research, Femur fracture, biology, business.industry, informal caregivers, General Medicine, Caregiver burden, Health Care Costs, biology.organism_classification, Annual income, Caregivers, Emergency medicine, economic burden, femur fracture, business
Abstract

BackgroundFemur fracture patients require significant in-hospital care. The burden incurred by caregivers of such patients amplifies the direct costs of these injuries and remains unquantified. Aim Here we aim to establish the in-hospital economic burden faced by informal caregivers of femur fracture patients. Methods 70 unique caregivers for 46 femoral shaft fracture patients were interviewed. Incurred economic burden was determined by the Human Capital Approach, using standardized income data to quantify productivity loss (in $USD). Linear regression assessed the relationship between caregiver burden and patient time-in-hospital.ResultsThe average economic burden incurred was $149, 9% of a caregiver’s annual income and positively correlated with patient time in hospital (p

Published
2021

3. Validation of Chichewa Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) questionnaire: A cross-sectional study

Author

Devin Conway, David W. Shearer, Sven Young, Brian C. Lau, Linda Chokotho, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Nyengo Mkandawire, Geir Hallan, and Hao-Hua Wu

Subjects
Quality of life, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Malawi, Psychometrics, Cross-sectional study, Intraclass correlation, World health, 03 medical and health sciences, Disability Evaluation, 0302 clinical medicine, Cronbach's alpha, Surveys and Questionnaires, Activities of Daily Living, Musculoskeletal function, Chichewa, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Muscle, Skeletal, Original Research, Language, 030222 orthopedics, business.industry, Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire, SMFA, Construct validity, Reproducibility of Results, General Medicine, Repeatability, Translating, Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire, SMFA, Chichewa, clinimetric measures, quality of life, Cross-Sectional Studies, quality of life, Physical therapy, clinimetric measures, Female, business
Abstract

Background: The Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) tool measures function and quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Objective: This study aimed to translate and adapt culturally the SMFA into Chichewa, and assess its clinimetric properties. Methods: The translated Chichewa version was administered to 53 patients with musculoskeletal disorders. To assess repeatability, an additional 20 patients answered the questionnaire twice over a time interval of two weeks. Internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, and repeatability were tested; construct validity was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment tool (WHOQOL-BREF). Results: There was good internal consistency for both Dysfunction and Bothersome indices (Cronbach’s alpha 0.90) and good construct validity between both indices with the WHOQOL-BREF. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for repeatability for the Dysfunction Index were 0.941 and 0.922 (95% CI: 0.772, 0.971) respectively, and 0.877 and 0.851 (95% CI: 0.629, 0.941) for the Bothersome Index respectively. Conclusion: The translated Chichewa SMFA is a valid tool for populations that speak the Chichewa language. publishedVersion

Published
2019

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