Validation of the Korean Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring accurate and reliable scores of quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is important in both decision-making and treatment planning for the disease. Questionnaire, The ankylosing spondylitis quality of life (ASQoL), is one of the representative tools for assessing how seriously AS patients view their disease severity, activity, as well as their overall health. To make these types of questionnaires readable and understandable, local language translation of surveys should be required. A Korean version of the ASQoL questionnaire has accordingly been developed. This study assessed the Korean version of the ASQoL survey to evaluate the reliability and validity of it.

Methods

Translation and reverse translation of the English ASQoL survey

SUBMITTER: Choi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature