PMID- 22653880 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121207 LR - 20220310 IS - 1477-0377 (Electronic) IS - 1358-863X (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Peripheral Artery Questionnaire: Korean version for patients with peripheral vascular diseases. PG - 215-22 LID - 10.1177/1358863X12445104 [doi] AB - The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire (PAQ), as developed in US English, is a validated scale to evaluate the health status of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The aim of this study was to translate the PAQ into Korean and to evaluate its reliability and validity. A multi-step process of forward-translation, reconciliation, consultation with the developer, back-translation and proofreading was conducted. The test-retest reliability was evaluated at a 2-week interval using the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). The validity was assessed by identifying associations between Korean PAQ (KPAQ) scores and Korean Health Assessment Questionnaire (KHAQ) scores. A total of 100 PAD patients were enrolled: 63 without and 37 with severe claudication. The reliability of the KPAQ was adequate, with an ICC of 0.71. There were strong correlations between KPAQ's subscales. Cronbach's alpha for the summary score was 0.94, indicating good internal consistency and congruence with the original US version. The validity was supported by a significant correlation between the total KHAQ score and KPAQ physical function, stability, symptom, social limitation and quality of life scores (r = -0.24 to -0.90; p < 0.001) as well as between the KHAQ walking subscale and the KPAQ physical function score (r = -0.55, p < 0.001). Our results indicate that the KPAQ is a reliable, valid instrument to evaluate the health status of Korean patients with PAD. FAU - Lee, Ji Hyun AU - Lee JH AD - 1Division of Rheumatology, Maryknoll Medical Center, Busan, Republic of Korea. FAU - Cho, Kyoung Im AU - Cho KI FAU - Spertus, John AU - Spertus J FAU - Kim, Seong Man AU - Kim SM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Validation Study DEP - 20120531 PL - England TA - Vasc Med JT - Vascular medicine (London, England) JID - 9610930 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Culture MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intermittent Claudication/*diagnosis MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Peripheral Arterial Disease/*diagnosis MH - Quality of Life MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Translations EDAT- 2012/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 1358863X12445104 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1358863X12445104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vasc Med. 2012 Aug;17(4):215-22. doi: 10.1177/1358863X12445104. Epub 2012 May 31.