Cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the pelvic girdle questionnaire in pregnant Gebelerde Pelvik Kusak Anketinin Kültürel Adaptasyonu, Güvenilirligi ve Geçerligi


Yelvar G. D. Y., Çirak Y., Demir Y. P., Türkyilmaz E. S.

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.