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Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validity of the Arabic-translated NEUROPATHY-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE Questionnaire
Sponsor: Cairo University
Summary
PURPOSE: This study will translate, culturally adapt, validate, and test the reliability of the Neuro Qol Arabic version to be used with diabetic patients in Arabic countries. Background: The Neuropathy- and Foot Ulcer-Specific Quality of Life instrument is a multidimensional scale was developed to assess the QoL of diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy. Producing Arabic versions of the Translating Scale can help researchers investigate offloading treatment among the Arabic population with DFUs. Hypotheses: The study design was a cross-cultural validation of NeuroQol, the Arabic version, for patients with DFUs. Research Question: Will there be cultural adaptation, validation, and reliability between the (Neuro Qol) Arabic version and the original language?
Official title: Neuropathy and Foot Ulcer_ Specific Quality of Life Instrument (Neuro QOL) Arabic Version: Cross-cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 70 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
290
Start Date
2025-02-13
Completion Date
2026-01-25
Last Updated
2025-10-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Neuropathy - and Foot Ulcer - Specific Quality of Life instrument (Neuro Qol)
The NeuroQoL questionnaire is a valid, reliable, and self-reported questionnaire. It has 35-items with six domains namely, painful symptoms and paresthesia (items 1-7), reduction or loss of ability to feel (items 8-10), unsteadiness while walking/standing/diffuse sensory-motor symptoms (items 11-13), limitation in daily living (items 14 - 16), interpersonal problems (items 17-20), emotional distress (items 21- 27) and end with an overall assessment of quality of life or satisfaction with experiences in the above six domains \[1 item in each domains, i.e. additional 6 items (items 28-33)\]. The two final items (items 34-35) assess overall impact of neuropathy on QoL \[5\]. The scoring of the questionnaire is according to a five-point Likert scale, all the time, most of the time, some of the time, occasionally, never. Each domain has a maximum score 5 and minimum 1, where 5 means that the QoL is affected all the time because of the foot problem while 1 means never it affects their QoL
Locations (1)
Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt