BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the validity of the Spanish version of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in patients with spinal cord injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study, including a total of 120 patients with spinal cord injury. The feasibility, cross-cultural validity, and internal consistency of the KHQ were evaluated. RESULTS: The dimensions with the highest scores were: impact of urinary symptoms, personal relations, and physical limitations. The following groups presented a significantly poorer HRQoL: persons of advanced age in personal relations (P=0.042), women in limitations of daily life activities (P=0.009) and in the impact of urinary incontinence (P<0.01), paraplegic patients in personal relations, and patients with incomplete cord lesions in sleeping and energy (P<0.01). Patients with an external condom catheter presented a better HRQoL with significant differences in the dimension, limitations of daily life activities (P=0.04). The KHQ showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha 0.91). CONCLUSION: KHQ is a valid instrument for evaluating HRQoL related with urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the validity of the Spanish version of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in patients with spinal cord injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study, including a total of 120 patients with spinal cord injury. The feasibility, cross-cultural validity, and internal consistency of the KHQ were evaluated. RESULTS: The dimensions with the highest scores were: impact of urinary symptoms, personal relations, and physical limitations. The following groups presented a significantly poorer HRQoL: persons of advanced age in personal relations (P=0.042), women in limitations of daily life activities (P=0.009) and in the impact of urinary incontinence (P<0.01), paraplegic patients in personal relations, and patients with incomplete cord lesions in sleeping and energy (P<0.01). Patients with an external condom catheter presented a better HRQoL with significant differences in the dimension, limitations of daily life activities (P=0.04). The KHQ showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha 0.91). CONCLUSION:KHQ is a valid instrument for evaluating HRQoL related with urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury.
Authors: Denise G Tate; Tracey Wheeler; Giulia I Lane; Martin Forchheimer; Kim D Anderson; Fin Biering-Sorensen; Anne P Cameron; Bruno Gallo Santacruz; Lyn B Jakeman; Michael J Kennelly; Steve Kirshblum; Andrei Krassioukov; Klaus Krogh; M J Mulcahey; Vanessa K Noonan; Gianna M Rodriguez; Ann M Spungen; David Tulsky; Marcel W Post Journal: J Spinal Cord Med Date: 2020-03 Impact factor: 1.985