Almuhaideb Qais A, AbuDujain Nasser M, Alghamdi Khalid M
Department of Dermatology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2025 Jan 25;18:251-263. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S498688. eCollection 2025.
Hyperhidrosis (HH) is characterized by excessive sweating, which can significantly affect quality of life. The Hyperhidrosis Quality of Life Index (HidroQoL©) is the latest tool that has been developed and validated for assessing the quality of life of patients with HH. Because of the absence of an Arabic version of the HidroQoL©, this research aimed to create, validate, and adapt the HidroQoL© into Arabic.
A quantitative, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted with HH patients followed up in dermatology or thoracic surgery clinics. We assessed the results reliability through internal consistency and reproducibility by assessing test‒retest reliability. For validity, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis with an interitem correlation matrix and a rotated component matrix.
A total of 167 participants were enrolled in this study; 61.1% were males, and 92.8% were Saudi. All 18 items of the HidroQoL©, including the daily life activities domain, psychosocial life domain, and whole HidroQoL©, had Cronbach's alpha values above 0.7. The test-retest reliability assessment demonstrated strong reproducibility. The correlations between each item and the other 17 items of the scale were positive, ranging between 0.2 and 0.6, and the results of the components analysis suggested that the questionnaire has three domains. The correlation between the test-retest results of the HidroQoL© revealed a significant strong positive correlation (r=0.9, P˂0.001).
Our findings revealed excellent psychometric properties of the Arabic HidroQoL© in terms of structural and construct validity, internal consistency, and reproducibility. Proper utilization of the Arabic HidroQoL© adequately assesses the quality of life of those affected by HH.
多汗症（HH）的特征是出汗过多，这会显著影响生活质量。多汗症生活质量指数（HidroQoL©）是最新开发并经验证用于评估HH患者生活质量的工具。由于缺乏阿拉伯语版的HidroQoL©，本研究旨在创建、验证并将HidroQoL©改编为阿拉伯语版本。
对皮肤科或胸外科诊所随访的HH患者进行了一项定量、分析性横断面研究。我们通过评估重测信度，从内部一致性和可重复性方面评估结果的可靠性。为验证有效性，我们使用项间相关矩阵和旋转成分矩阵进行了探索性因子分析。
本研究共纳入167名参与者；其中61.1%为男性患者，92.8%为沙特人。HidroQoL©的所有18项内容，包括日常生活活动领域、心理社会生活领域以及整个HidroQoL©，其Cronbach's alpha值均高于0.7。重测信度评估显示出很强的可重复性。量表中各项目与其他17项之间的相关性为正，范围在0.2至0.6之间，成分分析结果表明该问卷有三个领域。HidroQoL©重测结果之间的相关性显示出显著的强正相关（r = 0.9，P˂0.001）。
我们的研究结果表明，阿拉伯语版HidroQoL©在结构效度、构建效度、内部一致性和可重复性方面具有出色的心理测量学特性。正确使用阿拉伯语版HidroQoL©能够充分评估HH患者的生活质量。
