Validity and reliability of the Farsi version of the ECOS-16 questionnaire for females with osteoporosis.

Validity and reliability of the Farsi version of the ECOS-16 questionnaire for females with osteoporosis. East Mediterr Health J. 2018 Jan 02;23(11):729-733 Authors: Moradzadeh R, Moghimi N, Nadrian H, Behrouzi F, Keshavarz T, Golmohammadi P Abstract The purpose of this study was to develop a Persian version of ECOS-16 Questionnaire and assess its reliability and validity. Two hundred and twenty women with postmenopausal osteoporosis were included in the study. Patients who were diagnosed as secondary osteoporosis by clinical and laboratory examinations were excluded. For reliability, an internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) of ECOS-16 total score was calculated. The age of the study participants ranged from 50 to 75 years old (59.9 ± 7). Cronbach's alpha of the Persian version of the ECOS-16 was 0.84. Therefore, the Persian version of the ECOS-16 is a reliable and valid questionnaire to be used in the evaluation of quality of life in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. PMID: 29319144 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Category: Middle East Health Tags: East Mediterr Health J Source Type: research