Urdu adaptation and validation of a disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire in a Pakistani population of Achalasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achalasia, a rare esophageal disease marked by dysphagia, impacts health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL), measurable by disease-specific tools like achalasia-specific questionnaire (ASQ) that assess symptom severity and QoL. However, to ensure its reliability and validity across different populations, cross-cultural adaptation is necessary. So, for this reason, this study aimed to validate an Urdu-translated version of an ASQ in a Pakistani population of achalasia patients.

Methodology

A prospective cross-sectional study involving 52 participants was conducted at the Center for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi. ASQ was translated into the Urdu language by a forward-backwards translation process with expert input. Validation included f

SUBMITTER: Abbas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12005510 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature