• K L Moores, G L Jones, and S C Radley.
• University Hospital of North Staffordshire, City General, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. karenshaw@doctors.org.uk
• Int J Qual Health Care. 2012 Oct 1;24(5):517-24.

ObjectiveTo develop and establish the psychometric properties of an instrument to measure face validity, feasibility and utility of patient questionnaires used during health care.DesignOur instrument, QQ-10, is a 10-item self-completed questionnaire, which was developed during the evaluation of another questionnaire (ePAQ-PF), to assess patients' views on questionnaire use during health care.SettingUrogynaecology Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.ParticipantsThe Sheffield maternity patient user group identified 10 key themes relating to patients' views on using questionnaires; these themes translated into 10 statements, each using the same 5-point Likert response scale.InterventionNot applicable. Outcome Measures Principal component analysis established the factor structure of our instrument. Internal reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity was assessed using Spearman's rho.ResultsFactor analysis yielded two meaningful factors: Value and Burden, both achieving Cronbach's alpha scores >0.7. Significant correlations were found between scores for Value and communication experience and between scores for Burden and barriers to health care.ConclusionsOur instrument offers a valid, reliable measure of patients' views relating to value and burden of using health-related quality of life questionnaires. Its two domains show good internal reliability and with its free text items, it may offer a valuable, standardized assessment of face validity and utility of other questionnaires used in health care.

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