Clinical trial NCT03927092: Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire
Official title: Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
Keywords: multiple sclerosis
surveys and questionnaires
diagnostic self evaluation
Lead sponsor: Ege University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-04-25
Enrollment: 58
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis.

Brief summary: Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire (MSKQ) is a 25-item self administered questionnaire assessing a patient's level of knowledge regarding multiple sclerosis (MS). Turkish translation of the questionnaire was prepared and participants in the annual patient education seminar in the investigators' university hospital were asked to answer these questions before and after the seminar.Their results were analysed to assess their level of knowledge about their disease.

Detailed description: Multiple sclerosis knowledge questionnaire was developed in Italy (1) and was reported to be useful in measuring patients' level of knowledge about their disease. The English version of the questionnaire was translated into Turkish by three physicians than back translated into English by two separate linguists. Initially 5 MS patients were asked to answer this first version of the questionnaire and report any difficulties in understanding the items. Their feedback was used to give the questionnaire its final shape. For the validation stage, patients that were diagnosed as having MS and who attended the annual MS patient education seminar were enrolled into the study. They answered the questions twice, before and after the seminar. Their answers were analysed to measure their level of knowledge about their disease.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed as having Multiple Sclerosis
* Attends the annual patient education seminar at the investigators' university hospital
* Older than 18 years of age
* Can read and write

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not accept to answer the questionnaire
* Unable to answer the questions due to a cognitive impairment

Primary outcomes:
measure: reliability of the questionnaire
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of correct answers
timeFrame: 1 day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Ece Cinar, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Yesim Akkoc, M.D.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Funda Calis, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Musa Baklaci, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Ozgul Ekmekci, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Ege University School of Medicine
name: Ayse N Yuceyar, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Giordano A, Uccelli MM, Pucci E, Martinelli V, Borreani C, Lugaresi A, Trojano M, Granella F, Confalonieri P, Radice D, Solari A; SIMS-Trial group. The Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire: a self-administered instrument for recently diagnosed patients. Mult Scler. 2010 Jan;16(1):100-11. doi: 10.1177/1352458509352865. Epub 2009 Dec 7.