Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Health Index : Japanese translation and validation study

PURPOSE: The Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Health Index (FSHD-HI) is a patient-reported outcome measure developed for patients with FSHD. This study aimed to translate the FSHD-HI into Japanese (FSHD-HI-J), evaluate cultural adaptation, and examine its psychometric properties.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We created two forward translations, integrated them into a single Japanese version, and evaluated the back-translated version of the FSHD-HI. After finalizing the translation and cultural adaptation, we conducted a survey of 66 patients with FSHD to examine the reliability and validity of the FSHD-HI-J. For psychometric evaluations, we used Cronbach's alpha to assess internal consistency, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for test-retest reliability, and assessed validity based on the associations between FSHD-HI-J, clinical variables, and quality of life measures.

RESULTS: The FSHD-HI-J was found to be clinically relevant, indicating high internal consistency and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.92 [95% confidence interval: 0.86-0.95] for the total score), as well as significant associations with clinical variables (D4Z4 repeats and functional impairment) and other quality of life measures (|rho| = 0.25-0.73).

CONCLUSIONS: The FSHD-HI-J is a valid and reliable patient-reported outcome measure for Japanese patients with FSHD. This validated, disease-specific patient-reported outcome is essential for future clinical practice and clinical trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Disability and rehabilitation - (2024) vom: 31. März, Seite 1-10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fujino, Haruo [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Masanori P [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Harumasa [VerfasserIn]
Heatwole, Chad R [VerfasserIn]
Takada, Hiroto [VerfasserIn]
Kuru, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ogata, Katsuhisa [VerfasserIn]
Enomoto, Kiyoka [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Yuto [VerfasserIn]
Imura, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Tsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Disease burden
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Journal Article
Neuromuscular disorder
Patient-reported outcomes
Quality of life

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1080/09638288.2024.2322035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370452569