AB1206-HPR Adaptation into spanish of the scleroderma health assesment questionnaire (S-HAQ)

Abstract:

Background The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) is an instrument administered to patients to self-report functional status originally in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In Argentina, it has been translated and validated for RA in 2004. For diffuse SSc, HAQ has been associated to morbidity and mortality. Objectives To adapt S-HAQ into Spanish and to assess its validity in SSc patients in Argentina. Methods S-HAQ was translated following a forward-backward translation procedure of the original English version, and transcultural adaptation was performed by a comprehension test reaching the final Spanish version. SSc patients that fulfilled ACR 80 criteria and early Systemic Sclerosis according to Le Roy and Medsger criteria were included. Patients with overlap were excluded. Cronbach9s alpha and item-item item-total correlations were used to assess internal consistency. Construction validity was analyzed through …

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2017

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