Cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the pelvic girdle questionnaire in pregnant Gebelerde Pelvik Kusak Anketinin Kültürel Adaptasyonu, Güvenilirligi ve Geçerligi
Ankara Medical Journal, cilt.18, sa.3, ss.513-523, 2019 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.17098/amj.624720
- Dergi Adı: Ankara Medical Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.513-523
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Cultural adaptation, Pelvic girdle pain, Pregnancy, Reliability, Turkish version, Validity
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives: The aims of this study were to translate the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire (PGQ) to Turkish and to assess its test-retest reliability and validity in pregnant women. Materials and Methods: One hundred and thirty-five pregnant with pelvic girdle pain were recruited in the study. Visual analog scale was used to evaluate pain intensity, PGQ for condition-specific health related quality of life, Nottingham Health Profile for health-related quality of life, Oswestry Disability Index for disability level, The guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation in PGQ was used. Results: A total of 135 pregnant with a mean age of the 30±4.77 years included in the study. Interclass correlation coefficient score for test-retest reliability was 0.972 (95% CI= 0.968-0.977) for PGQ activity subscale, 0.910 (95% CI=0.905-0.915) for PGQ symptom subscale and 0.979 (95% CI= 0.975-0.983) for PGQ total. Conclusion: The study demonstrated that Turkish version of PGQ is a valid and reliable tool for measuring both disability and symptom and good psychometric properties in Turkish speaking pregnants with pelvic girdle pain.