Persian Adaptation of Actionable Bladder Symptom Screening Tool Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Participants

Variable	Status	Number (Frequency %)
Gender	Male	8 (20%)
	Female	32 (80%)
Marital Status	Married	28 (70%)
	Single	9 (22.5%)
	Divorced	2 (5%)
	Widow	1 (2.5%)
Educational Level	Under the diploma	5 (12.5%)
	Diploma	19 (47.5%)
	University education	18(45%)
Job	Housewife	21 (52.5%)
	Unemployed	2 (5%)
	Employee	14 (35%)
	Worker	1 (2.5%)
	Student	2 (5%)

Table 2 Results of Content Validity for the Persian Version of ABSST

No.	Questions	C-CVI	S-CVI	R-CVI	CVR
1	How many times did you need urinary excretion during the day?	0.83	0.75	0.91	0.66
2	How often do you find urine leakage?	0.83	0.75	0.75	0.91
3	How strong was your urge to empty urine during the day?	0.75	0.83	0.83	0.83
4	How many times did you wake up in a normal night?	1	0.91	0.91	1
5	How many times have you been urinating during a normal day?	1	0.91	1	1
6	To what extent have your activities and relationships with friends and family been limited because of bladder problems?	1	0.91	1	1
7	How embarrassed are you due to your urinary problems?	1	1	1	1
8	How much have your outdoor activities (volunteer or job) been limited because of bladder problems?	1	0.83	0.91	0.83
	Mean validity	0.92	0.86	0.91	0.9

Abbreviations: C-CVI = Content Validity Index for Transparency; S-CVI = Content validity index for simplicity; R-CVI = Validity Approximation Index; CVR = Content Validity Ratio.

Table 3 Correlation of Each Item with Total ABSST Score

No.	Questions	Cronbach α if Item Is Deleted	Corrected Correlation for Each Item
1	How many times did you need urinary excretion during the day?	0.90	0.73
2	How often do you find urine leakage?	0.90	0.81
3	How strong was your urge to empty urine during the day?	0.90	0.76
4	How many times did you wake up in a normal night?	0.90	0.76
5	How many times have you been urinating during a normal day?	0.91	0.58
6	To what extent have your activities and relationships with friends and family been limited because of bladder problems?	0.89	0.87
7	How embarrassed are you due to your urinary problems?	0.89	0.87
8	How much have your outdoor activities (volunteer or job) been limited because of bladder problems?	0.89	0.89

Table 4 Internal Consistency, Reliability and Test–Retest Reliability for the Persian ABSST Questionnaire

	Mean ± SD	Spearman`s Coefficient	Cronbach α Coefficient
Severity of urinary tract disorder	10.45 ± 3.28	0.84	0.83
Impact of urinary dysfunction on social life	4.75 ± 2.78	0.87	0.95
Total	15.20 ± 5.38	0.85	0.91

Abbreviation: SD = standard deviation.