Validation of Indian version of musculoskeletal tumor society score questionnaire- hospital- based cohort study
Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background- Scoring systems are regarded as quantitative methods to assess the severity of a disease and its treatment modalities. The Musculoskeletal tumor society score (MSTS) questionnaire which was developed in 1985 and revised in 1993 to measure the functional outcome in patients with neoplasm still holds good. All scoring systems need validation in the native language of the people being used. Here, we have created an Indian version of the MSTS scoring system and validated the psychometric properties of the created version. Material and methods- all the patients who were operated on for aggressive benign and malignant bone tumors of lower limbs were included in the study. two independent observers who were well versed in the Hindi language made a consensual draft. the questionnaire was put to the patients at two different point of time and the results were analysed. Results- the lower extremity version demonstrated an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alfa = 0.999: CI = 0.9-1.0) at day 0 and excellent reliability (Cronbach alfa = 0.999: CI = 0.9-1.0) except for good reliability (Cronbach's alfa = 0.87: CI = 0.80–0.92) of gait score at day 10. Conclusion - from the above validation we conclude that the Hindi version of the MSTS score can be easily used in place of the English in our Indian population
Source: Research Square
Authors: Sajid Ansari, Chandra Kumar Khande, Shivam Bansal, Saroj prasad sah, Mohd Moin khan, mohit dhingra
Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4283590980