Civil Service Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2023 Mar 9;20(3):672-676. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v20i3.4070.
Acne causes significant impairment in the quality of life of patients, but clinicians in Nepal lack a simple validated tool to measure the psychological side of acne. We planned to translate and validate Cardiff Acne Disability Index, a five item questionnaire into Nepali language to address this need.
A linguistic translation with semantic equivalence to the original English language Cardiff Acne Disability Index was achieved through standard forward and backward translation into Nepali language. All eligible patients were requested to fill the Nepali translated version of both Cardiff Acne Disability Index and Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaires. Reliability and validity of the newly translated questionnaire were established, based on statistical analyses of factor structure, item correlations and concurrent correlations.
This validity study included 94 patients with male: female ratio of 1:3.27 and mean age 21.29 (±3.92) years. Reliability analysis revealed a Cronbach's alpha of .72 and mean inter item correlation coefficient of .337. A single factor was extracted on Principal Component Analysis explaining 48.40% of variance. A strong correlation of Cardiff Acne Disability Index scores to the Dermatology Life quality Index score (rs>.7) indicated good concurrent validity.
The newly translated Nepali Cardiff Acne Disability Index is a valid tool to measure the impact of acne in Nepalese patients. This short and simple assessment tool will help clinicians understand the patient's perspective of her acne.
痤疮会显著降低患者的生活质量，但尼泊尔的临床医生缺乏一种简单的、经过验证的工具来评估痤疮的心理方面。我们计划将五条目问卷卡迪夫痤疮残疾指数翻译成尼泊尔语，以满足这一需求。
通过标准的正向和反向翻译，将卡迪夫痤疮残疾指数的英文原文翻译成尼泊尔语，实现语义等效。要求所有符合条件的患者填写尼泊尔语翻译的卡迪夫痤疮残疾指数和皮肤病生活质量指数问卷。根据因子结构、项目相关性和同期相关性的统计分析，确定新翻译问卷的可靠性和有效性。
这项有效性研究纳入了 94 例患者，男女比例为 1:3.27，平均年龄为 21.29（±3.92）岁。可靠性分析显示 Cronbach's alpha 为.72，平均项目间相关系数为.337。主成分分析提取了一个单一因素，解释了 48.40%的方差。卡迪夫痤疮残疾指数评分与皮肤病生活质量指数评分之间的强相关性（rs>.7）表明具有良好的同期有效性。
新翻译的尼泊尔语卡迪夫痤疮残疾指数是一种评估尼泊尔患者痤疮影响的有效工具。这个简短而简单的评估工具将帮助临床医生了解患者对痤疮的看法。
