Translation and validation of a Japanese version of the irritable bowel syndrome-quality of life measure (IBS-QOL-J).

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To compare quality of life (QOL) for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) between the U.S. and Japan, it is indispensable to develop common instruments. The IBS-QOL, which is widely used in Western countries, was translated into Japanese as there has been a lack of Japanese disease-specific QOL measures for IBS.

Methods

The original 34 items of the IBS-QOL were translated from English into Japanese through two independent forward translations, resolution, back translation, and resolution of differences. Forty nine patients who had GI symptoms but did not have any organic diseases (including 30 IBS patients diagnosed by Rome II criteria) were recruited from Tohoku University Hospital in Sendai, Japan and completed a Japanese version of the IBS-QOL (IBS-QOL-J) con

SUBMITTER: Kanazawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1832201 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature