Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03927092
• Other study ID #: 16-4.1/19
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 2016
• Est. completion date: May 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: Ege University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire (MSKQ) is a 25-item self administered questionnaire assessing a patient's level of knowledge regarding multiple sclerosis (MS). Turkish translation of the questionnaire was prepared and participants in the annual patient education seminar in the investigators' university hospital were asked to answer these questions before and after the seminar.Their results were analysed to assess their level of knowledge about their disease.

Description:

Multiple sclerosis knowledge questionnaire was developed in Italy (1) and was reported to be useful in measuring patients' level of knowledge about their disease. The English version of the questionnaire was translated into Turkish by three physicians than back translated into English by two separate linguists. Initially 5 MS patients were asked to answer this first version of the questionnaire and report any difficulties in understanding the items. Their feedback was used to give the questionnaire its final shape. For the validation stage, patients that were diagnosed as having MS and who attended the annual MS patient education seminar were enrolled into the study. They answered the questions twice, before and after the seminar. Their answers were analysed to measure their level of knowledge about their disease.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: May 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed as having Multiple Sclerosis

• Attends the annual patient education seminar at the investigators' university hospital

• Older than 18 years of age

• Can read and write

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not accept to answer the questionnaire

• Unable to answer the questions due to a cognitive impairment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Sclerosis

Intervention

Other:
• Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire
A 25-item self-administered questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ege University

References & Publications (1)

Giordano A, Uccelli MM, Pucci E, Martinelli V, Borreani C, Lugaresi A, Trojano M, Granella F, Confalonieri P, Radice D, Solari A; SIMS-Trial group. The Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire: a self-administered instrument for recently diagnosed patients. Mult Scler. 2010 Jan;16(1):100-11. doi: 10.1177/1352458509352865. Epub 2009 Dec 7. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	reliability of the questionnaire	Internal consistency was evaluated by the coefficient alpha (a) or Cronbach's coefficient, and if the Cronbach's coefficient value was greater than 0.7, it was considered as an acceptable internal consistency	1 day
Secondary	Number of correct answers	To assess the distribution of correct and false answers and the levels of significance, Chi-square test was used. To compare the two questionnaires answered by the same patient before and after the seminar Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used.	1 day