Validity and reliability of the Urdu version of the 5D itching scale to assess pruritus among patients with chronic kidney disease in Pakistan

BMC Nephrology

Research Article

Inayat Ur Rehman¹  Tahir Mehmood Khan¹ 

[1] School of Pharmacy, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia;

关键词: Chronic kidney disease;    End stage renal disease;    Pruritus;    Pakistan;    5D itch scale;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12882-017-0717-0

 received in 2016-12-20, accepted in 2017-09-19,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a major public health issue worldwide in the past few years. Pruritus is a common, well-recognized complication often seen in patients with chronic renal failure. For assessment of pruritus, different tools are used but these tools are unable to identify the changes and variations in the severity of pruritus. The aim of our study was to validate the Urdu-version of the Urdu-version of the 5D itch scale among patients suffering from chronic kidney disease in Pakistan.MethodThe 5D itch scale was translated from English into Urdu following translation guidelines for translation. Face and content validity was determined by a panel of experts and piloted. For retest, the Urdu version of the 5D itch scale was administered at baseline and two weeks.ResultsA total of 50 participants with end stage renal disease were recruited, and of these, 64% were males. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the 5D–IS had 2-factor loadings: “Pattern and activity” and “Distribution” with Kaiser–Mayer–Olkin (KMO) = 0.802, Bartlett’s test of sphericity was significant (df = 28, p < 0.001). At test re-test, Cronbach’s alpha was 0.914, while the intra class correlation was 0.9160 (95% confidence interval 0.941–0.975), which is a highly significant correlation (p < 0.0001).ConclusionThe Urdu version of the 5D itch scale was found to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing pruritus and its severity in patients with chronic kidney disease in Pakistan.

【 授权许可】

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