Reliability and Validity of the Finnish Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle and the Lower Extremity Functional Scale

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Foot Diseases

Ankle Disease

Treatments

Procedure: Ankle surgery

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02536651

343/13/03/02/13/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are no validated patient-reported outcome measures to assess lower extremity function in Finnish language. The present study aimed to 1)translate and culturally validate the Finnish versions of the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle and the Lower Extremity Functional Scale, and 2) study the psychometric properties of these two questionnaires

Full description

This study assesses the reliability and validity of the Finnish versions of the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle and the Lower Extremity Functional Scale. The English versions were translated and trans-culturally adapted into Finnish language according to well accepted international translation guidelines. The psychometric properties are assessed by internal validity, intraclass correlation coefficient and test-retest reliability.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria