Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score in patients with musculoskeletal tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to translate theToronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) into Turkish and perform acrosscultural adaptation for patients with musculoskeletal tumors.

Methods

Thirty-six patients (20 male, 16 female; mean age = 36.6 ± 15.4 years) who were diagnosed with malignant bone and soft tissue sarcoma or benign aggressive bone tumors between the years 2007 and 2012 were included in the study. TESS was translated into Turkish and back translated to determine language validity. To test convergent validity, the Turkish versions of the Short Form-36 (SF-36), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) were used. SF-36 was used on all patients while WOMAC and DASH were used onpatien

SUBMITTER: Ocaktan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature