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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2023

WHODAS measurement properties for women with dysmenorrhea.

Guilherme Tavares de Arruda, Sara Giovanna de Melo Mantovan, Thuane Da Roza, Barbara Inácio da Silva, Soraia Cristina Tonon da Luz, Mariana Arias Avila

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Guilherme Tavares de ArrudaStudy Group on Chronic Pain (NEDoC), Physical Therapy Post-Graduate Program and Physical Therapy Department, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil.
Sara Giovanna de Melo MantovanDepartment of Physiotherapy, College of Health and Sport Science, Santa Catarina State University, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Thuane Da RozaDepartment of Physiotherapy, College of Health and Sport Science, Santa Catarina State University, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Barbara Inácio da SilvaStudy Group on Chronic Pain (NEDoC), Physical Therapy Post-Graduate Program and Physical Therapy Department, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil.
Soraia Cristina Tonon da LuzDepartment of Physiotherapy, College of Health and Sport Science, Santa Catarina State University, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Mariana Arias AvilaStudy Group on Chronic Pain (NEDoC), Physical Therapy Post-Graduate Program and Physical Therapy Department, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil. m.avila@ufscar.br.
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina · BRUniversidade Federal de São Carlos · BR

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Finance Code 001Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2021/11056-3Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2021/11871-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is an association of dysmenorrhea with human functioning and disability. However, no patient-reported outcome measure has been developed to assess this construct in women with dysmenorrhea. WHODAS 2.0 has been recognized as an important generic patient-reported outcome information of physical function and disability. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the measurement properties of the WHODAS 2.0 in women with dysmenorrhea.

methodsThis is an online and cross-sectional study conducted with Brazilian women aged 14 to 42 years with self-report of dysmenorrhea in the last three months. According to COSMIN, structural validity was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis; internal consistency by Cronbach's Alpha; measurement invariance by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis between geographic regions of Brazil; and construct validity by correlating WHODAS 2.0 to the Numerical Rating Scale for pain severity.

resultsOne thousand three hundred and eighty-seven women (24.7 ± 6.5 years) with dysmenorrhea participated in the study. WHODAS 2.0 presented a single factor by exploratory factor analysis and adequate model by confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.924, TLI = 0.900, RMSEA = 0.038), excellent internal consistence (α = 0.892) for all items and an invariancy across geographic regions (ΔCFI ≤ 0.01 and ΔRMSEA < 0.015). Correlation between WHODAS 2.0 and numerical rating scale was positive and moderate (r = 0.337).

conclusionWHODAS 2.0 has a valid structure to assess functioning and disability related to dysmenorrhea in women.

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Disability EvaluationDysmenorrheaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansPsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsWorld Health OrganizationDisabilityDysmenorrheaFunctionValidation studyWomen’s health

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