ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2025
Validation of the Danish translation of the atrial fibrillation severity scale: a study on linguistic and cultural adaptation.
Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) stands as the most common cardiac arrhythmia on a global scale with a substantial symptom burden impacting the quality of life (QoL) of patients with AF. Consequently, assessing and monitoring symptoms in patients with AF has gained increased interest, leading to a rise in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). PROMs provide valuable insights into the patient's perspective, allowing for a more patient-centric approach to care. One of these PROMs is the Atrial Fibrillation Severity Scale (AFSS), a convenient and straightforward instrument for assessing symptom severity in patients with AF, potentially enabling healthcare professionals to tailor interventions accordingly. However, no Danish version of AFSS exists. This study aims to translate and linguistically validate the AFSS in accordance with MAPI Research Trust Guidelines.
methodsThe translation of AFSS from English to Danish was conducted using forward and backward translation, yielding versions 1 and 2, respectively. Afterwards, the translated AFSS was linguistically validated in patients with AF by cognitive interviews producing a third version. The third version was then proofread, finalizing the Danish version of AFSS.
resultsDerived from the cognitive interviews, the Danish version of AFSS demonstrated comprehensibility and readability among all included patients with AF. No revisions were deemed necessary based on the patient testing, culminating in the submission of the final version of AFSS for approval.
conclusionA certified and linguistically validated Danish version of the AFSS has been established and is accessible through MAPI Trust Research.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.