International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)
ISSN: 2573-9506 | DOI: 10.33140/IJWHC
Impact Factor: 1.011
Lubna Allabboudy
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Research Article
Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaption, Reliability, Validation of King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in the Arabic Language
Author(s): Najwa Alfarra*, Hala Aldosari, Samah Alharbi, Mohammed Takroni, Reem Assoud and Lubna Allabboudy
Introduction: The King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ) is a disease-specific, self- administered questionnaire designed to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life (QoL) in women [1]. There are some Saudi Obey- gynecology physicians/therapists employ the King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ), but there has never been an official Arabic translation with its reliability and validity. Therefore, we will translate the KHQ to Arabic language to evaluate incontinence women quality of life and to use it as an outcome measurement in the future researches. Materials and Methods: cross-cultural study was used. KHQ was translated into the Arabic language using forward and backward translation. The study took a place at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh. A study was conducted to assess both the general and specific effects.. Read More»