Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validity of the Arabic-translated NEUROPATHY-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE Questionnaire
NCT Number: NCT06483620
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions: Diabetic Neuropathies|Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Interventions: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST: Neuropathy - and Foot Ulcer - Specific Quality of Life instrument (Neuro Qol)
Sponsor: Cairo University
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 290
Study Design: Observational Model: |Time Perspective: p
Start Date: 2024-02-13
Completion Date: 2024-07-15
Locations: Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Giza, 11432, Egypt

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?

Primary Outcome Measures: Cross-cultural validation of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire., Cross-cultural validation involves three main phases: 1) translation and verification of its equivalence; traditional translation simply involves translation of the original instrument by a bilingual researcher or professional translator. 2) empirical verification of the validity of the translated version; it involves the participation of a number of bilingual people familiar with the field in which the instrument is to be used, which also limits the biases of a single researcher. and 3) adaptation of the scores to the cultural context, and the development of standards. It involves having a preliminary translated version of the instrument translated back into the original language by a second person. The discrepancies between the original version and the retranslated version help identify problematic items., Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.|Reliability of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire., It considers the extent to which the questions used in the NeurQoL questionnaire consistently elicit the same results each time it is asked in the same situation on repeated occasions. test-retest reliability. This involves administering the questionnaire to the eligible participants and repeating the survey with the same group at the end of the questionnaire validation. We then compare the responses at the two time points., Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.|Cross-cultural adaptation of the Arabic-translated NEURQOL Questionnaire., The process of translating and adapting questionnaires from one cultural context to another involves much more than converting the items from the source language to the target language. The questionnaire must be equivalent to the original, considering the new cultural context in which it will be applied. After translation, the scales were evaluated in meetings of a committee of experts in different scientific fields of interest, translators, and language professors. The updated questionnaire was then sent to six experts to assess the relevance of each item, the language, and the adopted response scales, and then to participants from the academic community and organizations human resources to improve item clarity., Baseline and through study completion, an average of 6 months.