Italian version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Module: linguistic validation

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Italian version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Module: linguistic validation

Aurora Mirabile Andrea Greco Carlo Fallai Elvio G. Russi Gary Brandon Gunn Patrizia Steca Silvia Takanen Lisa Licitra M. Sala E. Orlandi Dario Monzani A. Rimedio Paolo Bossi David I. Rosenthal Nicola Alessandro Iacovelli

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Adult Male Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Linguistic validation Italian MDASI-HN Young Adult Quality of life Outcome Assessment Health Care Patient symptom Medicine Humans Patient symptoms Translations Head and neck education Head and neck cancer Patient-reported outcome Aged Language Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Nursing research Head and neck cancer Reproducibility of Results Linguistics Head and neck cancer; Patient symptoms; Patient-reported outcome; Italian MDASI-HN;Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Patient Outcome Assessment Oncology Italy Head and Neck Neoplasms Physical therapy Quality of Life Patient-reported outcome Female Self Report Symptom Assessment business

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Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients can experience symptoms due to the tumor itself or to the treatment, with an impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures pertaining to HRQoL are used in medical research and to support clinical decisions. PRO instrument applicability and cultural adaptation must be tested for each population. The aim of this study is to linguistically validate the Italian translation of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory—Head and Neck Module (MDASI-HN). Methods: Following forward and backward translation of the items of the English MDASI-HN into Italian, it was administered along with a cognitive debriefing to HNC patients able to read and understand Italian language. Individual and group responses are presented using descriptive statistics. Results: From May 2013 through September 2013, 56 patients with HNC (18 during curative treatment, 20 in palliative chemotherapy, and 18 in follow-up period) completed the MDASI-HN followed by accompanying cognitive debriefing. Ninety-nine percent of the individual MDASI-HN items were completed. Average time to complete the MDASI-HN was 8.5 min (range 3–15). Results suggested overall ease of completion, relevance, and comprehensibleness of this translated self-report instrument in this Italian patient population. Conclusions: The Italian version of the MDASI-HN is linguistically valid; future research should explore dimensionality, reliability, and convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of this patient-reported instrument, in order to use this translated version in outcomes research and clinical settings.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2015-01-01

10.1007/s00520-015-2701-1 http://hdl.handle.net/11379/515284