The development of a novel, multilingual IBD knowledge questionnaire for Asian patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory bowel disease is an uncommon disease in developing nations whereby patient's knowledge on the disease may be limited. The CCKNOW questionnaire, a widely known questionnaire to assess patient's knowledge on the disease, may be too complex to comprehend for patients in developing countries. The aim of this study is to develop a new tool known as AIBDKQ questionnaire to evaluate the local inflammatory bowel disease patient's knowledge.

Methods

This was a prospective study carried out in four phases. In phase 1, three gastroenterologists with expertise in IBD generated a total of 21 questions related to the general knowledge of the disease in the English language. Phase 2 involved content and face validity whereby the questions were further validated by o

SUBMITTER: Razima Wan Ibrahim N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10210279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature