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Turkish version of the Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire: linguistic and psychometric validation
- Source :
- World Journal of Urology. 35:1149-1154
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Ureteric stents are frequently used in urology practice and can cause significant impairment in quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to validate the Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire (USSQ) to be used in the evaluation of stent-related symptoms and impairment in QoL in Turkish-speaking patients. After linguistic validation of the original USSQ into Turkish language, the Turkish version of the USSQ (T-USSQ) was self-administered to all participants at week 1 and 4 after stent placement for test–retest reliability and internal consistency and at week 8 (4 weeks after stent removal) for sensitivity to change analysis. Control patients completed the form only once. Additionally male and female patients completed the validated Turkish versions of International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and Marmara Overactive Bladder (mOAB) Symptom Scores, respectively. A total of 68 patients with ureteral stents and 37 controls were available for the final analysis. The Cronbach’s alpha value was higher than 0.7 at week 1 for all sub-domains except additional problems domain. The test–retest reliability of the T-USSQ was high for all sub-domains except the additional problems domain. Relatively high correlation coefficients were found for the visual analog scale for pain, IPSS (for males), mOAB score (for females) with the corresponding USSQ domains, suggesting good convergent validity. Also the T-USSQ could effectively differentiate between patients and controls. The T-USSQ is a reliable and robust instrument that can be self-administered to patients of Turkish population with ureteral stent in the clinical applications.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Turkish population
Psychometrics
Turkey
Visual analogue scale
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
030232 urology & nephrology
Linguistic validation
03 medical and health sciences
Postoperative Complications
0302 clinical medicine
Cronbach's alpha
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Medicine
Translations
business.industry
Reproducibility of Results
Stent
Middle Aged
Convergent validity
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
Urologic Surgical Procedures
Female
Stents
International Prostate Symptom Score
business
Ureteral Obstruction
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14338726 and 07244983
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....942416b8e5c6309480afce26e315f252