Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jan 2015)

Validation survey of the impact of urinary incontinence (IIQ-7) and inventory of distress urogenital (UDI-6) – the short scales – in patients with multiple sclerosis

  • Lívia Palma Stievano,
  • Guilherme Sciascia do Olival,
  • Raquel Ataíde Peres da Silva,
  • Vania Balardin Toller,
  • Eduardo Gregorin Carabetta,
  • Eliana Tomomi Shimabukuro da Cunha,
  • Raphael de Jesus Moreira,
  • Marina Eloi,
  • Charles Peter Tilbery

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20140218
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 1
pp. 46 – 51

Abstract

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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Impact Questionnaire of Urinary Incontinence (IIQ-7) and Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) - short scale - in the Brazilian population with multiple sclerosis. The IIQ-7 and UDI-6 were translated into Portuguese, called IIQ-7-BR and UDI-6-BR. The questionnaires were administered in 211 individuals selected randomly. Of these, 140 had MS according to McDonald criteria and 71 were included in the control group. In both questionnaires, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was above 0.7. The IIQ-7-BR showed 94.31% concordance between the evaluated studies and UDI-6-BR, 93.33%. Thus, the instruments of this study were presented according to the standards proposed by the Instrument Review Criteria, reliability, validity and sensitivity, maintaining the original scales characteristics.

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