| Evaluation of a Hong Kong Chinese version of a self-administered questionnaire for assessing symptom severity and functional status of carpal tunnel syndrome: cross-cultural adaptation and reliability. | |
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PMID: 17914138 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the application of a translated version of an established self-administered questionnaire for carpal tunnel syndrome on Chinese patients in Hong Kong. DESIGN: Evaluation of an instrument tool. SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Holistic Medical Centre, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, translators. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The adaptation was based on forward-backward translation from English to Chinese (Hong Kong) and vice versa. Meetings with translators, investigators, and patients were organised to generate an acceptable version of the questionnaire. A pilot study was carried out on 20 patients and subsequently minor adjustments were added. Fifty patients were recruited to validate the reliability and internal consistency of the questionnaire. RESULTS: The ordinality of response agreed with the original instrument. Test-retest reproducibility showed no significant difference between tests. The Pearson correlation coefficient ranged from 0.83 to 0.93. Internal consistency was good, at 0.85. CONCLUSION: Through the validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the questionnaire, we are able to produce an assessment tool for the local patients. Furthermore, we are able to create a platform for: (i) a cross-national and cross-cultural epidemiological comparison as well as a means of (ii) evaluating different types of treatments. |
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Authors:
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Margaret W M Fok; H B Leung; W M Lee |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Validation Studies |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi / Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Volume: 13 ISSN: 1024-2708 ISO Abbreviation: Hong Kong Med J Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-04 Completed Date: 2008-01-31 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9512509 Medline TA: Hong Kong Med J Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 342-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. margaretfok@netscape.net |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / diagnosis* Cross-Cultural Comparison Female Hong Kong Humans Language Male Middle Aged Pilot Projects Questionnaires* Reproducibility of Results Severity of Illness Index* |
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Hong Kong Med J. 2007 Oct;13(5):340-1
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