Abstract
The Qualiveen questionnaire is a urinary disorder (UD)-specific health related quality of life (HRQL) instrument. Recent data suggests Qualiveen has excellent validity in French-speaking multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Aim: To assess discriminative measurement properties of the English version of Qualiveen. Methods>: Fifty-five Canadian MS out-patients completed a set of questionnaires, including Qualiveen, MSQOL-54, a MS-specific HRQL questionnaire, urinary function assessments and the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) twice at an interval of two to four weeks. Results: Qualiveen proved internally consistent (Cronbach’s alpha coefficients 0.73 to 0.90 for the four Qualiveen domains) and test–retest reliable (intraclass correlation coefficients 0.88 to 0.94). Consistent with a priori predictions, we found a strong association between overall Qualiveen score and the degree of incontinence (0.63), a moderate correlation with the type of urinary symptoms (0.49), a weak association with manner of voiding (0.28) and weak or absent correlations with MSQOL-54 domains, EDSS bladder/bowel and global EDSS. Predictions proved generally accurate (weighted κ = 0.65). Conclusion: The internal consistency, test–retest reliability and cross-sectional construct validity of the English version of Qualiveen are excellent, and similar to the original French version. Further studies should explore Qualiveen’s longitudinal validity and responsiveness.
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Abbreviations
- EDSS:
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expanded disability status scale
- HRQL:
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health related quality of life
- MS:
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multiple scleosis
- MSQOL-54:
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MS quality of life-54 questionnaire
- UD:
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urinary disorders
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Bonniaud, V., Jackowski, D., Parratte, B. et al. Quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients with urinary disorders: Discriminative validation of the english version of qualiveen. Qual Life Res 14, 425–431 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-004-0686-1
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