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ArticleBalkan medical journal2016

Linguistic Validation of the Turkish Version of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory - Head and Neck Cancer Module.

G Brandon Gunn, Banu Atalar, Tito R Mendoza, Charles S Cleeland, Uğur Selek, Enis Özyar, David I Rosenthal

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G Brandon GunnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA.
Banu AtalarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Acıbadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Tito R MendozaDepartment of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA.
Charles S CleelandDepartment of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA.
Uğur SelekDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Enis ÖzyarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Acıbadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
David I RosenthalDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA.

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backgroundThe use of patient symptom reports with frequent symptom assessment may be preferred over the more commonly used health-related quality of life questionnaires.

aimsWe sought to linguistically validate the Turkish version of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck module (MDASI-HN) patient reported outcome questionnaire. STUDY

designValidation study.

methodsFollowing standard forward and backward translation of the original and previously validated English MDASI-HN into a Turkish version (T-MDASI-HN), it was administered to patients with head and neck cancer able to read and understand Turkish. Patients were then cognitively debriefed to evaluate their understanding and comprehension of the T-MDASI-HN. Individual and group responses are presented using descriptive statistics.

resultsTwenty-six participants with head and neck cancer completed the T-MDASIHN and accompanying cognitive debriefing. Overall, 97 percent of the individual TMDASI-HN items were completed. Average recorded time to complete the 28 item TMDASI-HN questionnaire was 5.4 minutes (range 2-10). Average overall ease of completion, understandability, and acceptability were favorably rated at 1.0, 1.1, and 0.2, respectively, on scales from 0 to 10. Only 5 of the 26 of participants reported trouble completing any single questionnaire items, namely the "difficulty remembering" item for 3 individuals.

conclusionThe T-MDASI-HN is linguistically valid with ease of completion, relevance, comprehensibility, and applicability and it can be a useful clinical and research tool.

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Head and neck cancerpatient-reported questionnairepatient symptomsTurkish MDASI-HN

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PMID27308079
PMCPMC4898994

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