Urdu Translation of Duke Activity Status

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) to the Pakistani Urdu language. The study will measure the reliability & validity of DASI in the Urdu version.No study has been conducted in the Pakistan region to translate DASI which follows the proper cross-culture adaptation.

Detailed Description
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Literature suggested that Duke Activity Index (DASI) is a questionnaire originally developed in English To evaluate the functionality. DASI was used primarily to assess patients with cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, myocardial ischemia, and infarction. In clinical practice, DASI can be used to know the effects of medical treatments and cardiac rehabilitation and to assist clinical decisions In controlled clinical trials, DASI can also be used to assess interventions and as a component for assessing the costs/benefits of treatment. Studies demonstrated that DASI is characterized as a questionnaire with good functional ability, evidence of validity, usefulness, and great clinical and scientific applicability, it seems to be a useful tool for evaluating cardiac patients. So, to be used with Brazilian CVD patients it is necessary to validate DASI and verify its psychometric properties in this population.

Official Title
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Translation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Duke Activity Status Index to Urdu

Conditions
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Heart Diseases

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Individuals have enough education level to understand Urdu and English as well with a body mass index between 18.6 and 39.9 kg/m with the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, arrhythmia with at least one symptom11 such as chest pain, palpitations, fatigue, or dyspnea, and physician referral to exercise testing. Exclusion Criteria: Individual is unable to read the questionnaire, who have cognitive deficits screened by Mini-Mental State Examination according to the cut-off points and Hospitalization two months before as well as acute illness, fever, or severe physical limitation that would prevent from doing the exercise test.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 22 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Translation of Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) in Urdu | The Duke Activity Status Index Scale (DASI) is a questionnaire, originally developed in English to assess the functional capacity. DASI has been used mainly to evaluate patients with cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, myocardial ischemia and infarction. | 6 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| validity & reliability of Duke Activity Status Index Scale (DASI) in Urdu version | Reliability and validity are concepts used to evaluate the quality of research. They indicate how well a method, technique or test measures something. Reliability is about the consistency of a measure, and validity is about the accuracy of a measure. | 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Duke activity status index, Heart Diseases, Tool Translation