Majid Farhadian; Mitra Khalafbeigi; Malahat Akbarfahimi; Peyman Hassani Abharian; Farzaneh Yazdani; Ali Shoaei
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 09 December 2023
Abstract
Background: Leisure as an occupation plays an important role in people's daily life. The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-cultural adaptation of the original Nottingham ...
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Background: Leisure as an occupation plays an important role in people's daily life. The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-cultural adaptation of the original Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire to Persian and assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version.
Method: One hundred and forty healthy individuals participated in this cross-sectional study. Face and content validity were assessed by determining the impact score of the item, content validity ratio and content validity index methods. Convergent validity was assessed using the correlation method between Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire and Occupational Balance Questionnaire-11, Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment, 36-item short-form health survey and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Reliability of the Persian version of Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire was assessed by the internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Analysis of the obtained data was done by applying SPSS. v. 23.0 software at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: Face and content validity demonstrated acceptable range (impact score: 2.2 to 4, content validity ratio: 0.57 to 1 and content validity index: 0.87 to 1). Convergent Validity is supported by significant correlation between assessment tools. There was moderate internal consistency (α = 0.77) and excellent test–retest reliability for number of leisure score (inter class correlation coefficient = 0.894) and frequency of leisure participation score (inter class correlation coefficient = 0.883).
Conclusions: Persian version of Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire is a psychometrical valid and reliable and useful instrument to assess leisure in healthy Persian-speaking participants.
