Neuropathy and Foot Ulcer_ Specific Quality of Life Instrument (Neuro QOL) Arabic Version: Cross-cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 290
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Cross-cultural validation of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire.
研究概览
简要总结
PURPOSE: This study will translate, culturally adapt, validate, and test the reliability of the Neuro Qol Arabic version to be used with diabetic patients in Arabic countries.
Background: The Neuropathy- and Foot Ulcer-Specific Quality of Life instrument is a multidimensional scale was developed to assess the QoL of diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy. Producing Arabic versions of the Translating Scale can help researchers investigate offloading treatment among the Arabic population with DFUs.
Hypotheses: The study design was a cross-cultural validation of NeuroQol, the Arabic version, for patients with DFUs.
Research Question: Will there be cultural adaptation, validation, and reliability between the (Neuro Qol) Arabic version and the original language?
详细描述
The Neuropathy- and Foot Ulcer-Specific Quality of Life instrument (Neuro QOL) is used worldwide to assess the QOL of diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy. There is no Arabic version of NeuroQOL for use in Egypt.
The study design will be a cross-cultural validation of Neuro Qol the Arabic version for patients with DFUs. Three expert panels were involved in this study to test the face and content validity of Neuro Qol Arabic version. All experts had experience of not less than 10 years or at least a master's degree in physical therapy; a major part of their work is with Arabic population; and they were also fluent in Arabic and English.
Ten patients per item were chosen to estimate the sample size for testing the psychometric properties of the Neuro Qol Arabic version. So 290 patients (145 male patients and 145 female patients), were chosen according to the following criteria: Their age ranged between 18-70 years , with type 2 diabetes referred by physician, conscious and ambulant, and being able to read and write in Arabic.
Patients suffering from congenital deformities, fixed spinal deformity, rheumatoid arthritis, bone disease, or infection were excluded from the study.
Participants will be identified, approached, and recruited from outpatient clinics at the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Nahda University, and El-Salam University. The study will be advertised through posters and word of mouth. Participants will receive a participant information sheet and a self-screening eligibility form, and they will be asked to contact the Principal Investigator (SG) no sooner than 48 hours if they wish to volunteer to participate in the study, which consisted of two visits to the clinic.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Arabic is their first language The absence of any other neurological diagnosis affecting the sensory and motor system, such as stroke or multiple sclerosis
- •Age ranges between 18 and 70 years,
- •History of DM diagnosed by a physician and confirmed by either hemoglobin A1c ≥6.5% or the use of hypoglycemic agents.
排除标准
- •A hospital inpatient
- •Had pre-existing comorbidities such as cancer, shingles or other neuropathic pain entity that predated diabetes or can mimic or cause a neuropathic pain that is not arising as a result of diabetes.
- •Pregnant patients as diabetes may be of gestational type
- •Had recently experienced physical trauma that may have contributed to neuropathic pain had trauma or dermatological diseases of the skin as this could affect skin sensitivity (e.g. wounds, psoriasis and eczema).
结局指标
主要结局
Cross-cultural validation of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire.
时间窗: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.
Cross-cultural validation involves three main phases: 1) translation and verification of its equivalence; traditional translation simply involves translation of the original instrument by a bilingual researcher or professional translator. 2) empirical verification of the validity of the translated version; it involves the participation of a number of bilingual people familiar with the field in which the instrument is to be used, which also limits the biases of a single researcher. and 3) adaptation of the scores to the cultural context, and the development of standards. It involves having a preliminary translated version of the instrument translated back into the original language by a second person. The discrepancies between the original version and the retranslated version help identify problematic items.
Reliability of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire.
时间窗: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.
It considers the extent to which the questions used in the NeurQoL questionnaire consistently elicit the same results each time it is asked in the same situation on repeated occasions. test-retest reliability. This involves administering the questionnaire to the eligible participants and repeating the survey with the same group at the end of the questionnaire validation. We then compare the responses at the two time points.
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire.
时间窗: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.
The process of translating and adapting questionnaires from one cultural context to another involves much more than converting the items from the source language to the target language. The questionnaire must be equivalent to the original, considering the new cultural context in which it will be applied. After translation, the scales were evaluated in meetings of a committee of experts in different scientific fields of interest, translators, and language professors. The updated questionnaire was then sent to six experts to assess the relevance of each item, the language, and the adopted response scales, and then to participants from the academic community and organizations human resources to improve item clarity.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Engy Badreldin Saleh Moustafa, PhD
Principal Investigator
Cairo University