Validation And Turkish Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) Tool

Istanbul Bilgi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physiotherapy Patients

Treatments: Other: Reliability; Other: Validity; Other: Translating the Questionnaire into Turkish and Related Processes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05926479

IstanbulBUFC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The general treatment expectations of patients play a significant role in determining the outcomes of the different treatments they undergo. When it comes to physiotherapy programs, these expectations act as non-specific treatment components, capable of triggering subjective psychological changes and eliciting mechanisms that resemble placebo effects. When theory-based, multidimensional measurement tools that evaluate patients' expectations from various treatments are examined, the Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) questionnaire stands out. The aim of this study is to ensure the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of this form, which can be answered by every patient receiving various treatments, as an objective alternative and to be included among other treatment expectancy measurement tools.

Full description

This study includes the translation of the form after obtaining the relevant permissions, examining the internal consistency of the Turkish version, explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity and test-retest reliability processes.

The Turkish version of TEX-Q was applied to 200 patients who applied to the clinic for physiotherapy in the examination of internal consistency and exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire. For convergent validity, 46 independent participants answered the Turkish version of the TEX-Q, the Positivity Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The test-retest reliability within a 2-weeks interval was analysed in 63 of patients seeking physiotherapy program.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ages between 18-65
• who would receive physiotherapy for at least 2 weeks for any indication

Exclusion criteria

• insufficient level of Turkish
• having any mental problems that would prevent participation in the study
• receiving another applied treatment other than the physiotherapy program

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

physiotherapy patient

Treatment:

Other: Validity

Other: Reliability

Other: Translating the Questionnaire into Turkish and Related Processes