Students' Scientific Research Center, Exceptional Talents Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Brain Behav. 2023 Sep;13(9):e3167. doi: 10.1002/brb3.3167. Epub 2023 Jul 24.
In addition to affecting the nerves and muscles, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease also affects the behavior and cognition of patients. In this study, we examine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Motor Neuron Disease Behavioral instrument (MiND-B) questionnaire to investigate behavioral changes in Persian-speaking ALS patients.
Forty-six Persian-speaking patients with ALS filled out the MiND-B questionnaire. Then, the overall scores and each of the domains of this questionnaire were statistically analyzed.
Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated .70 for the whole questionnaire. To check the validity of the questionnaire, the correlation of its scores with the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS screen (ECAS-A) questionnaire was taken, and this correlation was significant (p = .038).
The findings of this study show that the Persian version of the MiND-B questionnaire has the necessary validity and reliability to investigate behavioral changes in Persian-speaking patients with ALS.
除了影响神经和肌肉外,肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)还会影响患者的行为和认知。在这项研究中,我们检验了运动神经元疾病行为量表(MiND-B)问卷的波斯语版本的有效性和可靠性,以调查讲波斯语的 ALS 患者的行为变化。
46 名讲波斯语的 ALS 患者填写了 MiND-B 问卷。然后,对该问卷的总分和各个领域进行了统计分析。
整个问卷的克朗巴赫 α 系数计算为.70。为了检查问卷的有效性,还分析了其分数与爱丁堡认知和行为 ALS 筛查(ECAS-A)问卷之间的相关性,相关性具有统计学意义(p =.038)。
本研究的结果表明,MiND-B 问卷的波斯语版本具有必要的有效性和可靠性,可用于调查讲波斯语的 ALS 患者的行为变化。