French adaptation of the PO-Bado short form, an interview-based expert rating scale for distress screening. Issue 1 (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saada, Yaël; Gana, Kamel; Duguey-Cachet, Odile; Stadelmaier, Nena; Quintard, Bruno
• Is Part Of: Health psychology and behavioral medicine. Volume 7:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 89
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: PO-Bado -- cancer -- psychological distress -- Oncology -- semi-structured interview -- validity; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; Medicine and psychology -- Periodicals; 613.09
• DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2019.1589375
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2164-2850

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objective: Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology (PO-Bado) is a hetero-assessment and psychosocial burden documentation tool for cancer patient caregivers (across all types and stages). Recently, the psychometric properties of the standard 12-item version of PO-Bado were published. However, the standard version is relatively time-consuming for the caregivers. Here, we developed and examined psychometric properties of a French short-form of PO-Bado (PO-Bado-FSF) with seven items derived from the validated standard version. Methods: One hundred and twenty-one cancer patients ( M age = 58.4 years, SD = 13.9 years; 68.6% were women) participated in this study during a supportive care following the first diagnosis of cancer or a relapse. All patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), in addition to the PO-Bado-FSF. Results: PO-Bado-FSF scores exhibit sound psychometric qualities such as internal consistency, test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, and scalability (i.e. Mokken's scalability coefficients); all items loaded significantly on the single CFA factor and yielded coefficients 0.40 or higher. Conclusions: The results of this study highlight the value of using PO-Bado-FSF to identify psychological distress in cancer patients in research and practice. PO-Bado-FSF presents good psychometric properties and is less time-consuming than the standard version.