A Chinese Mandarin translation and validation of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS).

AIMS: To evaluate the validity, reliability, and cultural relevance of the Chinese Mandarin version of Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS) as a disease-specific quality of life measure.

METHODS: The cultural relevance and content validity of the Chinese Mandarin version of the MIDAS (CM-MIDAS) was evaluated by an expert panel. Measurement performance was tested on 180 randomly selected Chinese MI patents. Thirty participants from the primary group completed the CM-MIDAS for test-retest reliability after 2 weeks. Reliability, validity and discriminatory power of the CM-MIDAS were calculated.

RESULTS: Two items were modified as suggested by the expert panel. The overall CM-MIDAS had acceptable internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.93 for the scale and 0.71-0.94 for the seven domains. Test-retest reliability by intraclass correlations was 0.85 for the overall scale and 0.74-0.94 for the seven domains. There was acceptable concurrent validity with significant (p < 0.05) correlations between the CM-MDAS and the Chinese Version of the Short Form 36. The principal components analysis extracted seven factors that explained 67.18% of the variance with high factor loading indicating good construct validity.

CONCLUSION: Empirical data support CM-MIDAS as a valid and reliable disease-specific quality of life measure for Chinese Mandarin speaking patients with myocardial infarction.