Coping with rheumatic stressors (CORS) questionnaire: Spanish translation and cross-cultural adaptation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) substantially impact the lives of patients, with complex associations between disease severity and self-perceived health status. In this regard, the Coping with Rheumatic Stressors (CORS) questionnaire was developed to measure how patients with RMDs cope with stressors such as pain, limitations or dependency. The CORS is not currently available in Spanish, and therefore the adaptation of this instrument is needed.

Objective

First, to cross-culturally adapt the CORS into Spanish for Spain. Secondly, to test the conceptual equivalence of the translated version in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Methods

A translation of the CORS into Spanish was performed adhering to the forward-backward procedure de

SUBMITTER: Benavent D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925618 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature