Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Impact Questionnaire of Urinary Incontinence (IIQ-7) and Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) - short scale - in the Brazilian population with multiple sclerosis.
The IIQ-7 and UDI-6 were translated into Portuguese, called IIQ-7-BR and UDI-6-BR. The questionnaires were administered in 211 individuals selected randomly. Of these, 140 had MS according to McDonald criteria and 71 were included in the control group. In both questionnaires, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was above 0.7. The IIQ-7-BR showed 94.31% concordance between the evaluated studies and UDI-6-BR, 93.33%. Thus, the instruments of this study were presented according to the standards proposed by the Instrument Review Criteria, reliability, validity and sensitivity, maintaining the original scales characteristics.
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Stievano LP, Olival GS, Silva RA, Toller VB, Carabetta EG, Cunha ET, Moreira Rde J, Eloi M, Tilbery CP. Are you the author?
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Reference: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2015 Jan;73(1):46-51.
doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20140218
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PMID: 25608127