Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objectives: Today, cardiovascular disease, in addition to death, causes disability in the affected population. Therefore, there is a need for a tool to assess the level of health and disability of these people. Assessment of  the tool acceptability is a fundamental step in order to make necessary corrections if cultural, educational or inappropriate issues exist. The present study was designed to evaluate the acceptability level of  participation and autonomy evaluation tool in Iranian patients with positive Angiography.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 41 patients with positive angiography in the cardiovascular clinic of Rafsanjan in 2017. The IPA-P questionnaire was used to assess the acceptability of the instrument for measuring participation and autonomy in the patients, and the results were reported as descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, number and percentage).
Results: On average, 84.4% (35 people) of the patients confirmed the comprehensibility of the questions of the IPA-p questionnaire. Also, on average, 66% (27 people) of the patients reported the relationship between the different areas of the questionnaire and their health status "almost to many". Eight patients (19.5%) suggested that a discussion of marital affairs be added to the questionnaire.
Conclusion: The results showed that IPA-p questionnaire was an acceptable tool for measuring the participation and autonomy level in patients with positive angiography in Persian language.
Key words: Cardiovascular disease, Angiography, Acceptability, IPA questionnaire, Rafsanjan
 
Funding: This research was funded by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR. RUMS. REC.1396. 49).
 
How to cite this article: Acceptability of the Persian Version of Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA-p) Scale Among Patients with Positive Angiography in Rafsanjan Ali-Ibn Abitalib Hospital in 2017: A Descriptive Study. Mordouei Z, Shaikhfathollahi M, Rezaeian M, Ahmadinia H, Mirzaei M,  Safarian M, Vazirinejad R. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2019; 17 (11): 1055-66. [Farsi]