RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Luthra, Jasleen A1 - Halder, Pritha A1 - Nahar, Laijun A1 - Sultana, Najne A1 - Banerjee, Aniruddha A1 - Kumar, Ashutosha A1 - Rai, Manjari A1 - Mishra, Ompriya A1 - Chattopadhyay, Abhijit A1 - Saha, Sangita A1 - Modak, Amila A1 - Basu, Anamika A1 - Ali, Sk A1 - Banerjee, Juniper A1 - Koley, Munmun A1 - Saha, Subhranil T1 - Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Uterine Fibroids Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life (UFSQOL) questionnaire: The translated Bengali version YR - 2019/9/1 JF - Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology JO - Trop J Obstet Gynaecol SP - 338 OP - 347 VO - 36 IS - 3 UL - https://www.tjogonline.com/article.asp?issn=0189-5117;year=2019;volume=36;issue=3;spage=338;epage=347;aulast=Luthra;t=5 DO - 10.4103/TJOG.TJOG_37_19 N2 - 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. ER -