AU - Luthra, Jasleen
AU - Halder, Pritha
AU - Nahar, Laijun
AU - Sultana, Najne
AU - Banerjee, Aniruddha
AU - Kumar, Ashutosha
AU - Rai, Manjari
AU - Mishra, Ompriya
AU - Chattopadhyay, Abhijit
AU - Saha, Sangita
AU - Modak, Amila
AU - Basu, Anamika
AU - Ali, Sk
AU - Banerjee, Juniper
AU - Koley, Munmun
AU - Saha, Subhranil
TI - Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Uterine Fibroids Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life (UFSQOL) questionnaire: The translated Bengali version
PT - ORIG
DP - 2019 Sep 1
TA - Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
PG - 338-347
VI - 36
IP - 3
4099- https://www.tjogonline.com/article.asp?issn=0189-5117;year=2019;volume=36;issue=3;spage=338;epage=347;aulast=Luthra;type=0
4100- https://www.tjogonline.com/article.asp?issn=0189-5117;year=2019;volume=36;issue=3;spage=338;epage=347;aulast=Luthra
AB -
Background: The Uterine Fibroids Symptom and Health-related Quality of Life (UFSQOL) is a validated questionnaire assessing symptom severity and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in patients with uterine fibroids. The English version contains 37 items measuring 7 components—symptom severity, concern, activities, energy/mood, control, self-consciousness, and sexual function. To date, no validated Bengali version of the questionnaire is available. We aimed to translate the UFSQOL into Bengali and validate the same.
Methods: The UFSQOL-Bengali version (UFSQOL-B) was produced by standardized forward-backward translations. A cross-sectional, multi-center, observational study was conducted to gather responses by convenience sampling. Reliability was tested using internal consistency and test-retest reliability analyses, while construct validity by exploratory factor analysis (EFA; n = 120) using principal component analysis (PCA; varimax rotation). Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; n = 120) was performed to verify the a priori scales by the goodness-of-fit model.
Results: Both the internal consistency (Cronbach's α) and the intra-class correlation (ICC) coefficient were 0.92. All the items loaded above the pre-specified value of 0.4. The factor analyses using varimax identified 10 components (activities, energy and control, concern about clothing, mood, sexual function, self-consciousness, associated symptoms, heavy bleeding, cycle disturbance, and concern about flooding); explaining 70.2% of the variation. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) was 0.801 and Bartlett's test of sphericity was P < 0.001. The goodness-of-fit of CFA model was mediocre. Therefore, the final version consisted of 37 items, framed within 10 components.
Conclusion: The UFSQOL-B was a valid and reliable questionnaire but measured different dimensions from the English version.