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Translation and Validation of Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire in Urdu Language

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Riphah International University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pelvic Girdle Pain

Treatments

Other: Straight leg raise

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05751460
Faiza Kalsoom

Details and patient eligibility

About

Urdu version of pelvic girdle questionnaire was drafted, tested for its reliability and validity on patients with pelvic girdle pain. Urdu version was linguistically acceptable and accurate for pregnant and post partum females with pelvic girdle pain. The result seems comparable to all the other versions and especially with original Norwegian version. This instrument is understandable and easy to find disability during pregnancy and post partum duration. It showed a good content, construct and convergent validity also present high internal consistency and test retest reliability.

Full description

The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire is the only specific instrument designed to evaluate pain and activity limitations in pregnant or postpartum women with pelvic girdle pain. This study aimed to translate the Pelvic girdle questionnaire in Urdu language for Pakistani female patients and to verify the validation of the psychometric items of the Pelvic girdle questionnaire in population of Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to translate the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire into Urdu and find out cross-culture validity and reliability of Urdu Pelvic girdle questionnaire among pregnant and postpartum females. A cultural adaptation and translation study was performing according to international guidelines. Study was conducted at different hospital settings. Pre test was conducted among 16 females during pregnancy & post-partum.

Key words: Disability Evaluation, Female, Urdu, Pelvic Girdle Pain and physiopathology, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translation.

Enrollment

125 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-50 years
  • Only Females
  • Able to read Urdu Language
  • Pregnant women (gestational week 30-38)
  • Postpartum women (given birth less than one year earlier)

Exclusion criteria

  • Any neurological diseases (reflex changes & loss of sensation)
  • Unstable medical conditions leading to fatigue
  • Those that have prolapse or severe urinary disease
  • Previous surgery on pelvis, lower limb or spine
  • Cannot Understand Urdu
  • Difficulty in understanding the Pelvic girdle questionnaire

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