Julia M Nowak, Aleksandra Antoniak, Mateusz Kopczyński, Weronika Zając, Karol Sadowski, Łukasz Milanowski, Dariusz Koziorowski, Monika Figura
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Abstract
Aim of study: The Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Scale for Parkinson's Disease (GIDS-PD) is a novel, disease-specific self-report questionnaire used to quantitatively assess features of gastrointestinal dysfunction symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease. The aim of this paper was to validate the Polish translation of the scale, to summarise its consistency with the English language version, and to assess its clinimetric properties.
Clinical rationale for study: Gastrointestinal dysfunction is a common and often debilitating manifestation of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Gastrointestinal symptoms are also considered to be prodromal features of this disease. To date, there has been no scale in Polish that has precisely assessed gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with PD.
Material and methods: The GIDS-PD was translated into Polish by two investigators (M.K. and J.N.). A back-translation was completed by two separate investigators (M.F. and A.A.) who were not involved in the original translation. Afterwards, 10 Polish PD patients underwent cognitive pre-testing. After the final translation was officially approved by the Movement Disorder Society, it was tested on 64 individuals with PD during field testing. For the purpose of testing scale reliability, 20 of the patients recruited for field testing underwent the GIDS-PD for a second time after 8-12 weeks.
Results: The GIDS-PD demonstrated overall good consistency (Cronbach's alpha of 0.74, ICC of 0.74). Regarding the individual domains, the constipation subscore demonstrated good reliability, the bowel irritability subscore demonstrated moderate reliability, and the upper GI subscore demonstrated poor reliability. Upper GI symptoms seem to be less pronounced, and also more varied, in the Polish PD population than in its English language counterpart.
Conclusions and clinical implications: This paper provides a validated Polish translation of the GIDS-PD questionnaire. We highly recommend using the GIDS-PD for research purposes, as well as everyday clinical practice in the Polish PD population.
期刊介绍:
Polish Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery is an official journal of the Polish Society of Neurology and the Polish Society of Neurosurgeons, aimed at publishing high quality articles within the field of clinical neurology and neurosurgery, as well as related subspecialties. For more than a century, the journal has been providing its authors and readers with the opportunity to report, discuss, and share the issues important for every-day practice and research advances in the fields related to neurology and neurosurgery.