Reliability and validity of the Sidaamu Afoo version of the pelvic organ prolapse symptom score questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both for clinical and research purposes, it is critical that clinicians and researchers use a tool that is trans-culturally adapted and tested for its psychometric properties. The English version of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Symptom Score (POP-SS) questionnaire was developed in 2000. Since then it has been translated into other languages and verified. However, the tool has not been adapted for use in Sidaamu Afoo language in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia.

Objective

This study aimed to translate and adapt the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Symptom Score questionnaire into Sidaamu Afoo and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods

A total of 100 women with symptomatic prolapse completed version-2 of the POP-SS questionnaire during the first round of interviews, an

SUBMITTER: Siyoum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature