Measuring Environmental Barriers: Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Italian Version of the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF) Scale

Abstract

The study aimed to validate an Italian translation of the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF) environmental assessment tool. The CHIEF scale was administered throughout Italy to 506 individuals who did not present with serious and/or disabling diseases. The results show an excellent interrelation between CHIEF scale items and the subscales. Furthermore, our analysis demonstrates that following repeated administration to the same participants, the instrument maintains excellent stability of each subscale for the frequency, magnitude, and impact of the barriers. This study demonstrates that the Italian version of the CHIEF scale is reliable for measuring environmental barriers. The findings show that the scale is suitable for the clinical and research fields to broaden our knowledge about this relevant yet poorly studied field.

Keywords:

• Disability
• environment
• occupational therapy
• psychometric
• questionnaire

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All authors declare no conflict of interest.

Statement of human and animal rights

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. Informed consent was obtained from all participants for being included in the study.

Statement of ethics

We certify that all applicable institutional and governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this research.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge those who participated in the survey.

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Notes on contributors

Federica Miniera

Federica Miniera and Francescaroberta Panuccio is a Occupational Therapist from Sapienza University of Rome.

Anna Berardi

Anna Berardi is an Occupational Therapist, PhD studente and research Fellow at Sapienza University of Roma.

Donatella Valente

Donatella Valente is a Associate professor from Sapienza University of Rome.

Marco Tofani

Marco Tofani is an Occupational Therapist and PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome.

Giovanni Galeoto

Giovanni Galeoto is an Physiotherapist, PhD student and research Fellow at Sapienza University of Roma.