Validity and Reliability of the Dual-task Questionnaire

Gazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Procedure: validity and reliability study

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05188937

1- MS-DTQ-VALİDİTY

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is important to increase the independence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients in activities of daily living. Almost all activities of daily living require managing many activities at the same time. For example, walking or standing while talking on the phone. There is a need for easily applicable, reliable and valid scales to evaluate dual-task performance in MS patients. Therefore, the aim of this study is to establish the Turkish cultural adaptation, validity and reliability of the Dual-Task Questionnaire scale in MS patients. This study included a total of 50 patients with MS [age (18-65) years]. Dual-task Questionnaire (DTQ), Timed Up and Go test (TUG) with dual-task and Nine Hole Peg test (9-HPT) with dual-task were applied to the patients. The second evaluation (retest) was carried out by the same physiotherapist one week following the first evaluation (test) in order to measure test-retest reliability.

Full description

This study included patients with MS between 0-5,5 score according to the Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS). DTQ was used to assess the frequency of difficulties associated with daily tasks involving the dual-task. Additionally TUG with dual-task and 9-HPT with dual-task were applied to the patients. An experienced physiotherapist applied all these tests. In order to measure test-retest reliability, a retest was carried out by the same physiotherapist one week following the first evaluation. The construct validity of DTQ was tested by Pearson's correlation coefficient.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
• Must be able to ambulatory status (Expanded Disability Status Scale score ≤ 6 )
• No relapse in the last 3 mounts

Exclusion criteria

• Orthopedic problems
• Visual, perception, and hearing problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

validity and reliability of Dual-task Questionnaire

Experimental group

Description:

This study was conducted as "test-retest" design and the psychometric properties of Dual-task Questionnaire were examined in patients with MS.

Treatment:

Procedure: validity and reliability study