Validation and clinical evaluation of a polish translation of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey for Kids (WURSS-K)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Michał Bronikowski¹  Mariusz Panczyk²  Katarzyna Ostrzyżek-Przeździecka³  Wojciech Feleszko⁴  Aleksandra Ratajczak⁴ 

[1] Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Krolowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871, Poznan, Poland;Department of Education and Research in Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 81, 02-091, Warsaw, Poland;Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 63A, 02-091, Warsaw, Poland;Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 63A, 02-091, Warsaw, Poland;

关键词: URTI;    Respiratory infection;    Wisconsin upper respiratory symptom survey;    Children;    Validity;    Reliability;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12955-021-01791-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey for Kids (WURSS-K) is a self-administered questionnaire developed to evaluate the severity of the common cold. It is a patient-oriented instrument that evaluates quality of life in an illness-specific manner to be used in children aged 10 years. The purpose of this study was to validate the Polish version of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey for Kids.MethodsThe validation process consisted of five stages: forward translation, backward translation, cognitive debriefing, a pilot study (Study A and Study B), and statistical analysis. The first study (Study A, n = 10, aged 5–13) was conducted in the Emergency Room and an Outpatient Clinic of the Pediatric University Hospital in Warsaw. The purpose of the study was to obtain data for testing the convergent validity of the questionnaire. The second study (Study B, n = 56), consisted of children aged four to six enrolled in three kindergartens in the Warsaw suburbs. The obtained data were subjected to detailed statistical analysis.ResultsThe WURSS Kids Polish showed excellent reliability. The Cronbach’s alpha of the 13 items was 0.791 for the six symptom items and 0.854 for the seven functional items. The Jonckheere–Terpstra trend test was used to evaluate criterion validity. Compliance of the measurement performed independently by the examined person and the doctor on the first day was high (convergent validity). Each particular item was characterized by a different sensitivity to clinical change. The Guyatt’s Responsiveness index ranged from 0.083 to 0.464.ConclusionThe internal consistency of the measurements and cross-cultural adaptation of the Polish version of WURSS Kids was satisfactory. The WURSS Kids Polish is a reliable, valid, and responsive disease-specific questionnaire for assessing symptoms and QOL in Polish patients in the pediatric population with the common cold. It may be used both in clinical practice and for research among Polish children with URTI.

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