Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Önsöz, H. Banu; Yeşilbalkan, Öznur Usta

doi:10.5262/tndt.2013.1001.08

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“…In our study, two items had low kappa values including diarrhea and nausea. These results are consistent with some other studies ( 16 , 27 ). The findings of this study suggest that the DSI is a reliable and valid tool to assess physical and psychological symptoms in patients with ESRD.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The face and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed after minor revisions. Yesilbalkan evaluated psychometric properties of the Turkish language version of the DSI and reported a good content validity for the Turkish version of the DSI ( 27 ). To establish the convergent validity of the Persian version of DSI, the DSI and SF-36 questionnaires were administered to patients.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cronbach's alpha for total scale of DSI was 0.90. Onsoz et al reported Cronbach alpha coefficients for the Turkish version of the DSI as 0.83 ( 27 ). In this study, test-retest reliability coefficients ranged from 0.21 to 0.93 indicating an acceptable range of stability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Weisbord et al reported Kappa statistics ranged from 0.06 to 0.90 for original version of the DSI ( 16 ). Onsoz et al reported a range of stability between 0.10 to 0.9 for Turkish version of the DSI ( 27 ). Compared to the original version, the Iranian version had better results regarding these domains.…”

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Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Hemodialysis Patients

Zamanian

Taheri-Kharameh

2014

Nephro Urol Mon

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Background:Hemodialysis patients have a high physical and psychosocial symptom burden. There is no valid and reliable tool for assessing symptoms of hemodialysis patients in Iran.Objectives:The aim of this study was to determine psychometric properties of the Persian version of the dialysis symptom index (DSI).Patients and Methods:The forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the DSI from English into Persian (Iranian language). The scale (Persian Version) was tested with a convenience sample of 95 patients with end-stage renal disease referred to main hemodialysis centers from December 2012 to June 2013. Validity was assessed using content, face and convergent validity. To test reliability, the kappa values were calculated for test-retest stability and the Cronbach alpha coefficients were also calculated for internal consistency.Results:The mean age of patients was 50.4 (SD = 15.72) years and % 61.1 of patients were male. The most commonly reported symptoms were fatigue, being irritable and nervous. Divergent validity was mostly supported by the pattern of association between DSI and SF-36 (r = -0.18– -0.48, P< 0.05). Cronbach’s alpha of the DSI was 0.90 and the weighted kappa ranged from 0.21 to 0.93, and it was greater than 0.4 for 25 of the 30 items.Conclusions:The Iranian version of the DSI had good psychometric properties and can be used to assess symptoms of hemodialysis patients.

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confidence: 94%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Hemodialysis Patients

Zamanian

Taheri-Kharameh

2014

Nephro Urol Mon

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“…Six validation studies reported content validity indexes (CVI) [33, 38, 49, 53, 77, 82] and of these only Suet-Ching [49] reported patient involvement in the process of content validation.…”

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Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review

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BackgroundPatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can provide valuable information which may assist with the care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, given the large number of measures available, it is unclear which PROMs are suitable for use in research or clinical practice. To address this we comprehensively evaluated studies that assessed the measurement properties of PROMs in adults with CKD.MethodsFour databases were searched; reference list and citation searching of included studies was also conducted. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist was used to appraise the methodological quality of the included studies and to inform a best evidence synthesis for each PROM.ResultsThe search strategy retrieved 3,702 titles/abstracts. After 288 duplicates were removed, 3,414 abstracts were screened and 71 full-text articles were retrieved for further review. Of these, 24 full-text articles were excluded as they did not meet the eligibility criteria. Following reference list and citation searching, 19 articles were retrieved bringing the total number of papers included in the final analysis to 66. There was strong evidence supporting internal consistency and moderate evidence supporting construct validity for the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36) in pre-dialysis patients. In the dialysis population, the KDQOL-Short Form (KDQOL-SF) had strong evidence for internal consistency and structural validity and moderate evidence for test-retest reliability and construct validity while the KDQOL-36 had moderate evidence of internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity. The End Stage Renal Disease-Symptom Checklist Transplantation Module (ESRD-SCLTM) demonstrated strong evidence for internal consistency and moderate evidence for test-retest reliability, structural and construct validity in renal transplant recipients.ConclusionsWe suggest considering the KDQOL-36 for use in pre-dialysis patients; the KDQOL-SF or KDQOL-36 for dialysis patients and the ESRD-SCLTM for use in transplant recipients. However, further research is required to evaluate the measurement error, structural validity, responsiveness and patient acceptability of PROMs used in CKD.

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Do Symptoms Related to Hemodialysis Affect Marital Adjustment?

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All the symptoms experienced by patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) impair their social lives including family relationships and marital adjustment. The purpose of this descriptive study is to determine the effect of HD symptoms on marital adjustment. The study included 282 voluntary patients who were aged 18 or over and were receiving HD treatment for at least 6 months. The data were collected by using a Patient Information Form, Dialysis Symptom Index (DSI), and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) through face-to-face interviews. The results obtained in this study indicated that the most common symptoms experienced by patients were feeling tired or lack of energy. DSI scores of the patients were found to be negatively correlated with their RDAS scores at significant level (q = -0.300, p \ 0.05). The symptoms experienced by patients undergoing HD were also observed to have a negative effect on their marital adjustment.

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Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Cited by 25 publications

References 6 publications

Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Hemodialysis Patients

Translation and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Dialysis Symptom Index in Hemodialysis Patients

Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review

Do Symptoms Related to Hemodialysis Affect Marital Adjustment?

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