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ArticleThe Korean journal of internal medicine2021

Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the University of California-Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract instrument in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Tae Hee Lee, Joon Seong Lee, Suyeon Park, Kyung-Ann Lee, Hyun-Sook Kim

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Tae Hee LeeDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Joon Seong LeeDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Suyeon ParkDepartment of Biostatistics, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Kyung-Ann LeeDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hyun-Sook KimDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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Korean Association of Internal MedicineSoonchunhyang University
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BACKGROUND/

aimsSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with a wide range of gastrointestinal (GI) changes. The University of California-Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract (UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0) instrument is a self-administered GI assessment instrument for patients with SSc. We developed a Korean version of the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 instrument and evaluated its reliability and internal consistency.

methodsThe participants were 37 Korean patients with SSc. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 were performed according to international standardized guidelines. We evaluated reproducibility by calculating the intraclass correlation coefficients and assessed the internal consistency of the Korean version of the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0. We assessed its construct validity by evaluating its correlations with the Short Form Health Survey version 2 and EQ-5D scores by means of Spearman correlation analyses.

resultsPatients with SSc were mostly women (89.19%) with a mean age of 52.2 years, median disease duration of 24 months, and median modified Rodnan total skin score of 4. The median total GIT score on the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 was 0.3. The UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 Korean version showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α of total GIT score = 0.863). Most domains of the ULCA SCTC GIT 2.0 were correlated with those of the EuroQol (EQ)-5D score.

conclusionThe Korean version of the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 has acceptable internal consistency, reliability, and validity. Therefore, it can be used to assess GIT involvement in Korean patients with SSc.

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Scleroderma, SystemicFemaleGastrointestinal TractHumansMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsRepublic of KoreaSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesGastrointestinal tractKoreanReliabilitySystemic sclerosisValidity

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