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Translation and Validation of a Disease-specific Questionnaire for Hirschsprung's Disease in Danish Patients

Completed
Conditions
Hirschsprung Disease
Registration Number
NCT04730128
Lead Sponsor
University of Southern Denmark
Brief Summary

The Hirschsprung and anorectal malformation quality of life (HAQL) questionnaire is a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire with 5 different elements (3 questionnaires for patients (categories: age 8-11, 12-16, and \>17 years) and two questionnaires for parents of patients (categories: patients aged 8-11 and 12-16 years).

In the first part of this study, the questionnaires will be translated via forward-backward-translation, culturally adapted and evaluated for content validity.

In the second part of the study, the questionnaires will be validated in a cohort of all eligible Hirschsprung patients from Odense University Hospital from 1985-2014.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
173
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosed with Hirschsprung's Disease between the years 1985-2014
  • Age > 7 years
  • Good Danish comprehension
  • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, severe psychological disorders, dementia, etc.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Internal Consistency (IC) assessed by Cronbach's AlphaDay 1
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Test-retest reliability assessed by intraclass-correlations coefficient4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital

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Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark

Odense University Hospital
🇩🇰Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark

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