Abstract:Background: The Lake Louise Score (LLS)-2018 is a revised 4-item questionnaire used in the diagnosis of Acute Mountain Sickness. However, a validated Hindi translation of LLS-2018 is not available. Material and Method: Fifty Hindi-speaking volunteers self-reported the translated Hindi version of LLS-2018 after active ascent to high altitude (11,500 ft). It was then tested for its face validity and internal consistency. Result: The Cronbach's alpha was 0.69 and the corrected item score correlation was greater t… Show more
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