Validity And Reliability Of Arabic Version Of Duke Activity Status Index In Evaluating Patients With Breast Cancer Surgeries | ||
| International Physical Therapy Conference - Cairo University | ||
| Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 20241, 2025, Pages 262-271 PDF (427.53 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/iptccu.2024.457061 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar Mostafa Hussien Mostafa* 1; Amal M. Abd El Baky2; Aya G. F. Elsayed2; Mohamed A. Hassan3; Raef M. Zaki Bekheet4 | ||
| 1Physiotherapist at Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt. & MSc candidate, Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Cairo university, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 3Centre of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 4Dar Elsalam Cancer Hospital, Specialized Medical Centres, Ministry of Health, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in developed and developing countries.1 Many breast cancer survivors will have to cope with treatment-related side effects, even though breast cancer outcomes are improving, and patients are living longer after treatment. There are a variety of side effects that breast cancer patients may experience. Some are temporary and don't significantly impact quality of life, while others might lead to long-term complications and raise the risk of morbidity as well as mortality.2 The utilization of Duke Activity Status Index questionnaire (DASI) is expected to assist in identifying patients before surgery who are at a higher risk of experiencing complications after the operation. Researchers have pinpointed a DASI score of 34 as a critical marker for identifying patients prone to myocardial injury, heart attack, significant complications, and developing new disabilities following surgery.11 Objectives: To validate translated Arabic version of Duke Status Activity Index for patients undergoing breast cancer surgeries. Subjects and Methods: This study was cross sectional analytic study. The subjects of the study were one hundred female patients, their ages ranged from 20 to 50 years old who underwent breast cancer surgeries and started to participate in the current study on 3rd to 6th week post-surgery. The procedure of the study started by translation of the English version of DASI into Arabic (forward and backward translation process). The pre-final version of DASI was reviewed and analysed by 10 experts. To validate the final version of DASI questionnaire, an additional panel of 10 experts with expertise in the topic studied was formed for validation process. Patients were requested to answer all items of the final Arabic version of DASI questionnaire to be tested and retested after one week apart for reliability assessment. Results: The Cronbach's α for internal consistency was 0.71 that means it had acceptable internal consistency, and the questionnaire revealed high test-retest reliability in all items; r value ranged from 0.70 to 0.979. ICC ranged from 0.795 to 0.991. ICC for the overall score was 0.991, with 95% CI 0.985-0.994. Completing the scale took an average of 2.32 ± 0.57 minutes, with a maximum of 3 minutes and a minimum of 1.5 minutes. Conclusion: The Arabic version of DASI proved to be a valid, reliable, and feasible tool to for assessing functional capacity in patients with breast cancer surgeries | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Arabic language; Breast cancer; Duke status activity index; Functional capacity; Reliability; Validity | ||
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