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
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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.
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