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- Validation of the “International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UISF)" for the Portuguese populationPublication . Guerra, Maria João; Almeida, Sofia Pinto de; Nogueira, Helena Maria; Alves, Paulo Jorge PereiraIntroduction: Urinary incontinence can be considered a common condition associated with the aging process with extremely disabling symptoms, being two to three times more prevalent in women than in men. The use of validated instruments for the initial diagnosis of urinary incontinence is essential to obtain uniformity and systematization in the assessment of this condition. Objective: To adapt and validate the International Consultation Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) for the Portuguese population. Methodology: Two independent translations of the ICIQ-UI SF were performed by Portuguese translators fluent in English. After harmonizing them, the resulting translation was independently back translated by two English translators fluent in Portuguese. The final version of the ICIQ-UI SF into Portuguese was applied to 90 users of the outpatient urology, urology and gynecology inpatient clinic of a hospital located in Gaia. The psychometric properties and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated.Results: No changes to the original format of the ICIQ-UI SF were observed at the end of the instrument's translation and adaptation process. The average age of participants was 55 years. Internal consistency was high, as demonstrated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.85). Pearson's coefficient for questions 3 and 4 was 0.88 and for questions 4 and 5 it was 0.82. The evaluation was considered satisfactory and statistically significant.Conclusion: The Portuguese version of the ICIQ-UI SF was successfully validated, making it possible to apply it to the Portuguese population with satisfactory reliability and construct validity.
- Validation of the "international consultation on incontinence questionnaire urinary incontinence quality of life"Publication . Guerra, Maria João Jacinto; Almeida, Sofia Pinto de; Nogueira, Helena Maria; Alves, Paulo Jorge PereiraObjective: To Validate the International Consultation on Incontinence QuestionnaireQuality of Life for the Portuguese population. Urinary incontinence is a highlyprevalent condition with a negative impact on people’s quality of life. The International Consultation on Incontinence QuestionnaireQuality of Life was adapted in order to have a standardized structure thatallows the assessment of the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life.Method: An observational cross-sectional study was carried out with two hundredand twenty participants recruited at the CentroHospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho and at the CentroHospitalar Universitário de São João during the period from September 2019 to January 2020.The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were assessed. For internalconsistency, the standardized Cronbach’s alphacoefficient was calculated. In order to obtain construct validity, anexploratory factor analysis was performed using varimax rotation to extract themain components. Results: The Portuguese version of the questionnaire has 21 items distributed bythe three factors found, maintaining the items proposed in the originalversion. The result of standardized Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, α=0.906 overall, confirms the internal consistency ofthe Portuguese version of the instrument. Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed between each item and the itemassessing the impact on quality of life in the form of a scale, verifying apositive correlation in all items. Conclusions:ThePortuguese version of the questionnaire proved to be reliable and valid in thestudy carried out for clinical and research use.