Clinical trial NCT05751460: Translation and Validation of Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire in Urdu Language
Official title: Translation and Validation of Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire in Urdu Language
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Pelvic Girdle Pain
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-03-02
Enrollment: 125
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Female pregnant and post partum with pelvic girdle pain

Brief summary: Urdu version of pelvic girdle questionnaire was drafted, tested for its reliability and validity on patients with pelvic girdle pain. Urdu version was linguistically acceptable and accurate for pregnant and post partum females with pelvic girdle pain. The result seems comparable to all the other versions and especially with original Norwegian version. This instrument is understandable and easy to find disability during pregnancy and post partum duration. It showed a good content, construct and convergent validity also present high internal consistency and test retest reliability.

Detailed description: The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire is the only specific instrument designed to evaluate pain and activity limitations in pregnant or postpartum women with pelvic girdle pain. This study aimed to translate the Pelvic girdle questionnaire in Urdu language for Pakistani female patients and to verify the validation of the psychometric items of the Pelvic girdle questionnaire in population of Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to translate the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire into Urdu and find out cross-culture validity and reliability of Urdu Pelvic girdle questionnaire among pregnant and postpartum females. A cultural adaptation and translation study was performing according to international guidelines. Study was conducted at different hospital settings. Pre test was conducted among 16 females during pregnancy \& post-partum.

Key words: Disability Evaluation, Female, Urdu, Pelvic Girdle Pain and physiopathology, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18-50 years
* Only Females
* Able to read Urdu Language
* Pregnant women (gestational week 30-38)
* Postpartum women (given birth less than one year earlier)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any neurological diseases (reflex changes \& loss of sensation)
* Unstable medical conditions leading to fatigue
* Those that have prolapse or severe urinary disease
* Previous surgery on pelvis, lower limb or spine
* Cannot Understand Urdu
* Difficulty in understanding the Pelvic girdle questionnaire

Primary outcomes:
measure: Content validity
timeFrame: "through study completion, an average of 1 year"
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Internal consistency:
timeFrame: "upto two weeks"
Other outcomes:
measure: Convergent validity
timeFrame: "through study completion, an average of 1 year"
measure: Test Retest reliability:
timeFrame: "through study completion, an average of 1 year"
Locations:
city: Gujrat
country: Pakistan
facility: Faiza Kalsoom
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Sumera Abdul Hameed, MS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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