PMID- 36137884
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230612
LR  - 20230612
IS  - 1879-1409 (Electronic)
IS  - 0305-4179 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 5
DP  - 2023 Aug
TI  - Translation and psychometric validation of the Finnish version of the Patient 
      Scar Assessment Scale for use in patients with burn scars.
PG  - 1113-1121
LID - S0305-4179(22)00232-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.burns.2022.08.025 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to create a Finnish scar assessment scale 
      by translating and evaluating the psychometric properties of the Patient Scar 
      Assessment Scale (PSAS), a part of the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale 
      (POSAS), with burn patients to enable its use in burn care. METHODS: The 
      translation process followed international guidelines with forward and backward 
      translations and cognitive debriefing with patients. Psychometric validation was 
      performed with adult patients with burns who had been treated at the Helsinki 
      Burn Centre between 2006 and 2017 with skin grafting following the excision of 
      deep second- or third-degree burns. To ensure reproducibility, the PSAS was sent 
      to the study participants twice. The correlation between the PSAS and 
      health-related quality of life (HRQL) was also tested. RESULTS: In total, 192 
      patients, of whom 71 % were male, participated in this study. The mean (SD) age 
      of the participants was 57 (17) years. The internal consistency of the PSAS was 
      good, Cronbach's alpha 0.89 (95 % CI: 0.86-0.91). The reproducibility was also good 
      concerning all items and the total score, ICC from 0.77 to 0.89. As expected, the 
      total PSAS score correlated negatively with HRQL. CONCLUSION: The PSAS was 
      successfully translated and culturally adapted into Finnish and the newly 
      translated version has good validity and reproducibility for assessing mature 
      burn scars.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd and International Society of Burns Injuries. All 
      rights reserved.
FAU - Lahdenpera, Noora-Ilona
AU  - Lahdenpera NI
AD  - Department of Surgery, Hyvinkaa Hospital, the Hospital District of Helsinki and 
      Uusimaa, Sairaalankatu 1, FI-05850 Hyvinkaa, Finland. Electronic address: 
      noora-ilona.lahdenpera@helsinki.fi.
FAU - Lindford, Andrew
AU  - Lindford A
AD  - Helsinki Burn Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital 
      and University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 800, FI-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Kautiainen, Hannu
AU  - Kautiainen H
AD  - Medcare Oy, Muuralantie 26C, FI-02770 Espoo, Finland.
FAU - Paloneva, Juha
AU  - Paloneva J
AD  - Department of Surgery, Central Finland Healthcare District, Keskussairaalantie 
      19, FI-40620 Jyvaskyla, Finland.
FAU - Hietanen, Kristiina
AU  - Hietanen K
AD  - Department of Surgery, Central Finland Healthcare District, Keskussairaalantie 
      19, FI-40620 Jyvaskyla, Finland.
FAU - Vuola, Jyrki
AU  - Vuola J
AD  - Helsinki Burn Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital 
      and University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 800, FI-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Repo, Jussi P
AU  - Repo JP
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Unit of Musculoskeletal Surgery, 
      Tampere University Hospital, Hatanpaankatu 24, FI-33900 Tampere, Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220906
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Burns
JT  - Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
JID - 8913178
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - *Cicatrix/pathology
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Finland
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Burns/complications/psychology
MH  - Translations
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - POSAS
OT  - PSAS
OT  - Patient scale
OT  - Scar assessment
OT  - Translation
OT  - Validation
COIS- Conflicts of interest None.
EDAT- 2022/09/23 06:00
MHDA- 2023/06/12 06:43
CRDT- 2022/09/22 22:06
PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/08/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/08/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/12 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/22 22:06 [entrez]
AID - S0305-4179(22)00232-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.burns.2022.08.025 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Burns. 2023 Aug;49(5):1113-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2022.08.025. Epub 2022 Sep 
      6.