Psychometric properties of the Arabic Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-A)

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Demographic variables	N (103)	Percentage
Gender
Male	43	41.7
Female	60	58.3
Nationality
Qatari	13	12.6
Non-Qatari	90	87.4
Education
High school	10	9.7
Diploma	13	12.6
Undergraduate	65	63.1
Postgraduate	13	12.6
Doctoral	2	1.9
Marital status
Unmarried	22	21.4
Married	76	73.8
Divorced	5	4.9
Job
Physician	3	2.9
Nurse	10	9.7
Allied Health	53	51.5
Admin	17	16.5
Others	19	18.4
Number of children
No of children	33	32.0
One	9	8.7
Two to three	45	43.7
More than 3	14	13.6

Table 2. Percentage of agreement in content validity survey (n = 77).

Content validity items	Question used	Agree n (%)	Undecided n (%)	Disagree n (%)
Relevance	Q3 – “recommend this questionnaire to measure occupational balance”	66 (85.7)	9 (11.7)	2 (2.6)
Comprehensiveness	Q2 – “covered all aspects of occupational balance”	64 (83.1)	11 (14.3)	2 (2.6)
	Q7 – “lacks important questions about occupational balance”	23 (29.9)	14 (18.2)	40 (52)
Comprehensibility	Q1 – “questions were clear and easy”	67 (87)	8 (10.4)	2 (2.6)
	Q4 – “took a lot of time and effort to fill in the questionnaire”	17 (22.1)	8 (10.4)	52 (67.6)
	Q5 – “questions appear to encourage a specific answer”	3 (3.9)	7 (9.1)	67 (87.1)
	Q6 – “difficult to answer the questions”	24 (31.2)	7 (9.1)	46 (59.8)

Table 3. Factor loadings of the arabic occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11-a).

Item content	Item	Factor
Balance between energy-giving/energy-taking activities	10	0.795
Satisfaction with the number of activities during a regular week	8	0.740
Have sufficient time for doing obligatory occupations	5	0.739
Satisfaction with how time is spent in everyday life	7	0.732
Balance between work, home, family, leisure, rest, and sleep	4	0.718
Balance between physical, social, mental, and restful occupations	6	0.717
Balance between obligatory/voluntary occupations	9	0.712
Balance between doing things for others/for oneself	2	0.711
Satisfaction with time spent in rest, recovery, and sleep	11	0.701
Time for doing things wanted	3	0.616
Having sufficient things to do during a regular week	1	0.562

Table 4. Internal consistency results of arabic occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11-a).

Item	Min–Max	Median	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha if item deleted
Item 1	0–3	2	.483	.897
Item 2	0–3	2	.642	.889
Item 3	1–3	2	.535	.895
Item 4	0–3	2	.649	.889
Item 5	0–3	1	.664	.888
Item 6	0–3	1	.645	.889
Item 7	0–3	1	.660	.888
Item 8	0–3	2	.668	.887
Item 9	0–3	1	.638	.889
Item 10	0–3	1	.730	.883
Item 11	0–3	1	.622	.890

Table 5. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each item of the arabic occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11-a).

		95% CI
Item	ICC	lower	upper
Item 1	.749	.629	.830
Item 2	.851	.780	.899
Item 3	.866	.802	.909
Item 4	.796	.698	.862
Item 5	.724	.593	.813
Item 6	.779	.672	.850
Item 7	.827	.745	.883
Item 8	.860	.793	.905
Item 9	.819	.733	.878
Item 10	.813	.724	.874
Item 11	.774	.666	.847
Total score	.928	.894	.952

Data availability statement

Data not available due to institutional restrictions.