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Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the king’s Parkinson’s disease pain scale

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revised on 2024-02-11, 05:47 and posted on 2024-02-11, 05:48 authored by Nesreen Alissa, Hanan Khalil, Saddam Kanaan, Mayis Aldughmi, Alham Al-Sharman, Linzette Morris, Mariem Sirine Latrous, Khalid El-Salem

Purpose

Pain in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a highly prevalent non-motor symptom occurring in this population. The King’s PD Pain Scale (KPPS) was developed to assess pain in people with PD. This study aimed to provide a cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the KPPS into the Arabic language (A-KPPS), and to investigate the construct and convergent validity, internal consistency, and reliability of the translated scale.

Materials and Methods

The English KPPS was translated into Arabic and back-translated into English by an independent translation team. The Arabic version was tested in 103 native Arabic speaking PD patients. We assessed construct validity, convergent validity, and test-retest reliability of the A-KPPS using factor analysis method, comparison with other valid and reliable measures, and using intra-class correlations, respectively.

Results

The A-KPPS had three main factors “somatic pain”, “visceral and burning pain” and “orofacial pain”, rather than the original four factors scale. The A-KPPS correlated with measures of disease motor severity, depression, anxiety, quality of life and pain (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the A-KPPS total score had high test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.9).

Conclusions

The A-KPPS demonstrated moderate to good validity and reliability. The A-KPPS can facilitate the assessment and treatment of pain in Arabic-speaking people with PD worldwide.

IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION

  • Pain is a highly prevalent non-motor symptom of Parkinson’s disease (PD) that is often overlooked.
  • The King’s PD Pain Scale (KPPS) is specially designed to assess pain localization, intensity, and frequency in people with PD.
  • The Arabic translation of the KPPS is a valid and reliable tool for the assessment of pain in Arabic speaking people with PD.

Other Information

Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2202416

Funding

Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.

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Language

  • English

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Year

  • 2023

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This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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  • Qatar University
  • Qatar University Health - QU
  • College of Health Sciences - QU HEALTH

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