Azadvari Mohaddeseh, Naser Moghadasi Abdorreza, Azimi Amir Reza, Sharifiaghdas Farzaneh, Emami Razavi Seyede Zahra, Eskandarieh Sharareh, Hosseini Maryam, Rahimi-Dehgolan Shahram, Sahraian Mohammad Ali
Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I. R. of Iran.
Urology Department, Shahid Labbafinejad Hospital, Urology Nephrology Research Center (UNRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science(SBMU), Tehran, I. R. of Iran.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2020 Jan 17;13:79-83. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S236275. eCollection 2020.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most neurologic disease among individuals of 20-45 years. About 75% of MS patients report bladder problems that have a moderate-high impact on their life. The present study aimed to translate and determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of ABSST questionnaire.
The standard validation process for preparing the Persian version of ABSST was performed by means of an expert committee. After a pilot study and confirming the harmonized translated form, we tested the final version of questionnaire on 40 patients with a definite diagnosis of MS symptoms, once at the baseline and another after two weeks in order to prevent recall-induced agreement. Test-retest reliability was calculated as Spearman's correlation coefficient. Also, content validity indices (CVIs), as well as internal consistency were analyzed in STATA.
Forty participants with a mean age of 38.8 years were included in this study. Only 20% of them were male. The Persian version achieved a good internal consistency with a Cronbach-α value of 0.91, relatively similar to the original version. The coefficients for measuring the correlation between each item score with the total score of our questionnaire were between 0.58-0.89. This value confirmed an appropriate validity for the Persian version of ABSST. Regarding test-retest reliability assessment, total Spearmans coefficient was 0.85; with 0.84 for the severity of symptoms and 0.87 for the impact of urologic disorders on patients social life.
The current findings proved that this accurate questionnaire could be used to investigate urinary symptoms among Persian-speaking MS patients.
多发性硬化症（MS）是20至45岁人群中最常见的神经系统疾病。约75%的MS患者报告有膀胱问题，这些问题对他们的生活有中度至高度影响。本研究旨在翻译并确定ABSST问卷波斯语版本的有效性和可靠性。
通过专家委员会对ABSST问卷波斯语版本进行标准验证。经过预试验并确认统一的翻译版本后，我们对40名确诊有MS症状的患者进行了最终问卷测试，一次在基线时，另一次在两周后，以防止回忆引起的一致性。重测信度以Spearman相关系数计算。此外，在STATA中分析了内容效度指数（CVI）以及内部一致性。
本研究纳入了40名平均年龄为38.8岁的参与者。其中只有20%为男性。波斯语版本具有良好的内部一致性，Cronbach-α值为0.91，与原始版本相对相似。每个项目得分与我们问卷总分之间的相关性系数在0.58 - 0.89之间。该值证实了ABSST问卷波斯语版本具有适当的效度。关于重测信度评估，Spearman总系数为0.85；症状严重程度的系数为0.84，泌尿系统疾病对患者社会生活影响的系数为0.87。
目前的研究结果证明，这份准确的问卷可用于调查波斯语MS患者的泌尿症状。
