Function and Disability Journal
Function and Disability Journal
Func Disabil J
Medical Sciences
http://fdj.iums.ac.ir
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10.30699/fdisj
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2020
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Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Persian Version of Wexner Constipation Scoring System
فیزیوتراپی
Physiotherapy
پژوهشي
Research
<strong>Background and Objectives</strong>: Chronic functional constipation is a prevalent and symptom-based disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Constipation takes several different forms among patients. The Wexner Constipation Scoring System (WCSS) was developed to present a uniform tool for the assessment of chronic functional constipation. The purpose of this study was to provide the Persian version of WCSS and assess its validity and reliability.<br>
<strong>Methods</strong>: WCSS was translated into Farsi. After being linguistically validated, the Persian version of the WCSS was administered to a sample of 76 patients with chronic functional constipation. Reliability tests were used to evaluate the internal consistency (the Cronbach alpha) and reproducibility (Intraclass Coefficient Correlation [ICC]) of the tool. The validation studies were conducted to assess the convergent validity (Correlated with the Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptom [PAC-SYM]) and Concurrent Validity (Correlated with Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life [PAC-QOL]) of the tool, too.<br>
<strong>Results</strong>: The Cronbach alpha for total scores was 0.66 and the ICC was 0.85 (0.77-0.90, 95% CI). The total score of WCSS was significantly correlated with the total scores of PAC-SYM (r=0.67) and PAC-QOL (r=0.61). <br>
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: The linguistic and psychometric evaluation demonstrated good validity and reproducibility of the Persian version of WCSS.<br>
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Constipation severity, Persian version, Reliability, Validity
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http://fdj.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-128-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Parnian
Mirbehresi
pbehresi@gmail.com
10031947532846001885
10031947532846001885
Yes
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Afsaneh
Nikjooy
afsanehnikjooy@yahoo.com
10031947532846001886
10031947532846001886
No
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Javad
Sarrafzadeh
j.sarrafzadeh@gmail.com
10031947532846001887
10031947532846001887
No
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Holakoo
Mohsenifar
mohsenifarpt@gmail.com
10031947532846001888
10031947532846001888
No
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.