SynthesisLa Medicina del lavoro2021
Systematic review of the quality of the cross-cultural adaptations of Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH).
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- Are Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Distal Radius Fractures Validated for Spanish and Culture? A Systematic Review.The Journal of hand surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Secondary Ulnar Nerve Reconstruction of High Ulnar Nerve Injuries: A Comparative Study of Sural Grafting and Anterior Interosseous Nerve Transfer.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Serbian Version of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Disability Self-Assessment Questionnaire: Criterion Validity, Construct Validity, and Internal Consistency.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Upper Vascular Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Case Study.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Are Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Validated for Spanish Language and Culture?Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
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- Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change of the Arabic Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) in Patients with Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessment of structural and cross-cultural validity of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire: a scoping review.Hand therapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Outcome Measure is a widely used patient reported outcome measure.
objectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of translation procedures and assessment of the psychometric properties of cross-cultural adaptations of the DASH.
methodsWe reviewed the literature to identify all published studies of cultural adaptations of the DASH questionnaire. For the quality assessment, we used Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures, Quality Criteria for Psychometric Properties of Health Status Questionnaire and COSMIN Checklist for Cross-Cultural Validity.
resultsWe included 25 articles with 26 versions of the DASH. Only the Puerto Rican version followed all six of the processes of cross-cultural adaptation. None of the versions assessed all eight measurement properties for Quality Criteria for Psychometric Properties of Health Status Questionnaire and none of them had a positive rating from agreement, internal consistency, responsiveness and interpretability. All the studies got a poor rating according to the COSMIN checklist. DISCUSSION: None of the versions got a good rating from all three checklists. We observed that supplementary tests for the adaptations are necessary, especially for assessing agreement, responsiveness and interpretability. We concluded that all versions need more research on psychometric properties.
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