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İçerik: Orijinal Araştırma, Derleme, Editöre Mektup, Olgu Sunumu, Tıp Eğitimi, Tıbbi Kitap İncelemeleri
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Knee Injury And Osteoarthritis Outcome Score:reliability And Validation Of The Turkish Version
Nurdan PAKER, MD,a Derya BUĞDAYCI, MD,a Feride SABIRLI, MD,a Sevda ÖZEL, MD,b Sedef ERSOY, MDc
aPhysical Therapy and Rehabilitation, İstanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training Hospital,bApplied Statistics İstanbul. University School of Medicine, cPhysical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Private Sultan Hospital, İSTANBUL
Objective: Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) is a useful scale in evaluating symptoms and functional status related to knee injury and knee osteoarthritis. This tool has five subscales, namely pain, symptoms, daily living, sports and recreational activities, and quality of life related to the knee. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the KOOS Turkish version in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Material and Methods: Fifty patients with osteoarthritis were included in the study. All patients completed the KOOS and SF-36 health questionnaire. The procedure was repeated within a week only for KOOS. Reliability, validity and internal consistency of the KOOS Turkish version were evaluated.
Results: KOOS subscales interclass correlations were calculated to assess reliability. Reliability coefficients were between 0.85-0.89. Internal consistency was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha. Cronbach’s alpha range was 0.66-0.95. All relationships above 0.26 were significant (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: A positive correlation was observed between the KOOS subscales and also between the similar subscales of SF-36 and KOOS. The results of our study suggest moderate reliability and validity of the KOOS Turkish version.Keywords: Osteoarthritis, knee; validation studiesTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2007, 27:350-356
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