Robinson Joanne P, Avi-Itzhak Tamara, McCorkle Ruth
Department of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Camden, NJ, USA.
Urol Nurs. 2007 Dec;27(6):512-8.
Research instruments can be used to assess the impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on health-related quality of life. Evaluating the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of two of these instruments provides evidence concerning their readiness for use in research and clinical settings.
The researchers evaluated psychometric properties of the Male Urogenital Distress Inventory and Male Urinary Symptom Impact Questionnaire in men suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms following radical prostatectomy.
The internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity, construct validity, and sensitivity of both instruments were evaluated in a cohort of men who participated in a larger study of nursing's impact on quality of life post-prostatectomy.
The reliability, validity, and sensitivity of both instruments were supported in this population.
Initial support is provided for use of the instruments to measure the effect of interventions for lower urinary tract symptoms and urine leakage on health-related quality of life during the first 6 months of recovery from radical prostatectomy; however, further research with a larger and more diverse sample is needed prior to using the instruments in clinical settings.
研究工具可用于评估下尿路症状对健康相关生活质量的影响。评估其中两种工具的信度、效度和敏感性可为它们是否适合用于研究和临床环境提供证据。
研究人员评估了前列腺癌根治术后出现下尿路症状的男性的男性泌尿生殖系统困扰量表和男性尿路症状影响问卷的心理测量特性。
在一组参与了一项关于护理对前列腺切除术后生活质量影响的更大规模研究的男性中，评估了这两种工具的内部一致性信度、同时效度、结构效度和敏感性。
在该人群中，这两种工具的信度、效度和敏感性均得到了支持。
初步支持使用这些工具来测量前列腺癌根治术后恢复的前6个月内，下尿路症状和尿失禁干预措施对健康相关生活质量的影响；然而，在临床环境中使用这些工具之前，需要对更大且更多样化的样本进行进一步研究。
