Tradução e validação para a língua portuguesa do questionário de qualidade de vida IQOL (Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire), em mulheres brasileiras com incontinência urinária

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Carolina Chaves da Cunha e [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Psychometrics properties; Incontinence-specific quality of life measurement; Quality-of-life; Questionnaire; Validation; Urinary incontinence; Propriedades psicométricas; Qualidade de vida; Questionários; Validação; Incontinência urinária
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/10121

The aim of this study was to translate and validate a Portuguese version of the Urinary Incontinence-Specific Quality-of- Life Instrument (I-QOL), a questionnaire that is widely used in clinical trials. Fifty patients completed the same questionnaire twice at a 2-week interval. During the first visit, we conducted a face-to-face interview, and collected demographic data. The King´s Health questionnaire was completed during the same visit for comparisons. The results showed that the Portuguese version of the I-QOL has very good psychometrics properties. Reliability was assessed by Cronbach´s alpha (0.93), reproducibility was calculated through the intraclass correlation coefficient (0.88), construct validity was determined by comparing the I-QOL scores and King´s Health scores, and discriminant validity was calculated by comparing the total I-QOL scores with measures of gravity. We conclude that the Portuguese version of the I-QOL is a very good tool for the evaluation quality-of-life in women with urinary incontinence, in Portuguese speaking countries.