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    Translation and validation of generic questionnaire on lower urinary tract symptoms for females (ICIQ-FLUTS) inTamil language
    (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2016) Ekanayake, C.D.; Wijesinghe, P.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Abdul Basith, F.D.; SriKrishnan, K.; Wickramaratna, D.K.U.
    OBJECTIVE: Lower urinary tract symptomsare often underreported by women. Therefore, we wanted to translate and validate the International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire on female lower urinary tract symptoms (ICIQ FLUTS) from English to Tamil language. METHOD: With permission, the ICIQ-FLUTS questionnaire was translated to Tamil using the standard procedure. A validation study was carried out among women attending the gynaecology clinicat district general hospital-Mannar. RESULTS: Basic characteristics were as follows; patients with incontinence (n=33) age 50.8 (SD 14.8),median parity=3 (IQ1-1Q3=2-4), BMI 25.8 kg/m2 (SD 5.2), patients with voiding symptoms (n=15) age 60.6 (SD 11.6), median parity=4(IQ1-1Q3=3-4), BMI 24.8 kg/m2 (SD 3.5) and controls (n=74) age 42.8 (SD 15.1), median parity=2 (IQ1-1Q3=1-3), BMI 25.4 kg/m2 (SD 4.4).Content validityassessed by the level of missing data was less than 3% for each item.For the internal consistency,Cronbach’s coefficient alpha scores ranged from 0.79-0.83. Kappa values for test–retest reliabilityin all items were 0.56 to 0.79. Construct validity was assessed by the ability of the questionnaire to identify patients with incontinence from controls (p<0.001) and those with voiding symptoms from controls (p<0.001).Patients with incontinence (n=10)and voiding symptoms (n=9)showed an improvement with treatment (Wilcoxon matched –pairs signedrank test p<0.01 and p<0.05 respectively). CONCLUSION: The preliminary results of the Tamil validation of the ICIQ FLUTS are satisfactory and once completed it will be invaluable to elicit female lower urinary tract symptoms in Tamil speaking patients.
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    Translation and validation of generic questionnaire on lower urinary tract symptoms for females (ICIQ-FLUTS) inTamil language
    (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2016) Ekanayake, C.D.; Wijesinghe, P.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Abdul Basith, F.D.; Srikrishnan, K.; Wickramaratna, D.K.U.
    OBJECTIVE: Lower urinary tract symptomsare often underreported by women. Therefore, we wanted to translate and validate the International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire on female lower urinary tract symptoms (ICIQ FLUTS) from English to Tamil language. METHODS: With permission, the ICIQ-FLUTS questionnaire was translated to Tamil using the standard procedure. A validation study was carried out among women attending the gynaecology clinicat district general hospital-Mannar. RESULTS: Basic characteristics were as follows; patients with incontinence (n=33) age 50.8 (SD 14.8),median parity=3 (IQ11Q3=2-4), BMI 25.8 kg/m2 (SD 5.2), patients with voiding symptoms (n=15) age 60.6 (SD 11.6), median parity=4(IQ11Q3=3-4), BMI 24.8 kg/m2 (SD 3.5) and controls (n=74) age 42.8 (SD 15.1), median parity=2 (IQ1-1Q3=1-3), BMI 25.4 kg/m2 (SD 4.4).Content validityassessed by the level of missing data was less than 3% for each item.For the internal consistency,Cronbach’s coefficient alpha scores ranged from 0.79-0.83. Kappa values for test–retest reliabilityin all items were 0.56 to 0.79. Construct validity was assessed by the ability of the questionnaire to identify patients with incontinence from controls (p<0.001) and those with voiding symptoms from controls (p<0.001).Patients with incontinence (n=10)and voiding symptoms (n=9)showed an improvement with treatment (Wilcoxon matched –pairs signedrank test p<0.01 and p<0.05 respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The preliminary results of the Tamil validation of the ICIQ FLUTS are satisfactory and once completed it will be invaluable to elicit female lower urinary tract symptoms in Tamil speaking patients.
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    Translation and validation of ICIQ-FLUTS for tamil speaking women
    (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2017) Pieris, T.R.; Ekanayake, C.D.; Abdul Basith, F.D.; Wickramaratna, D.K.U.; Peries, E.E.; Antonythas, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wijesinghe, P.S.
    OBJECTIVE: Research in to lower urinary tract symptoms in South Asia is hampered by lack of validated tools. There fore ouraimwas to validate the International Consultation onIncontinencemodular questionnaire on female lower urinary tracts ymptoms (ICIQ-FLUTS) from English toTamil. METHOD: The ICIQ-FLUTS was translated to Tamil and a validation study was carried out among women attending the gynaecology clinic at district general hospital-Mannar. RESULTS: Content validity assessed by the level of missing data was less than 2%. Construct validity was assessed by the ability of the questionnaire to identify patients with incontinence (n=45) from controls (n=93) using the incontinence score (patients=7.7 SD=4.7, controls=1.4 SD=2.2, p<0.001) andthose with symptomatic anterior wall prolapse (n=16) fromcontrols (n=93) using the voiding symptoms score (patients=4.8SD=2.3, controls=0.3 SD=0.8, p<0.001). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’scoefficient alpha score (0.80 (0.77-0.81). Test–retest reliability assessed by weighted kappa (k) ranged from 0.73to0.87. Patients with incontinence (n=30, pre-treatment incontinence score=7.9, SD=4.9 versus post-treatment incontinence score=3.3, SD=3.1) and symptomatic anterior wall prolapse (n=14, pre-operative voiding symptoms score=4.9 SD=2.5 versus post-operative voiding symptoms score=0.9 SD=1.5) showed an improvement with treatment (Wilcoxon matched –pairs signedranktestp< 0.001 and p<0.01respectively). An incontinence score≥3 (sensitivity=86.7%, specificity=78.4%) and a voiding symptoms score≥3 (sensitivity=87.5%, specificity=96.2%) detected any form of incontinence and symptomatic anterior wall prolapse respectively.CONCLUSION: The Tamil translation of ICIQ-FLUTS has retained the psychometric properties of the original English questionnaire and will be an invaluable tool to elicit LUTS among Tamil speaking women.
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    Translation and Validation of ICIQ-FLUTS for Tamil speaking Women
    (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2017) Pieris, T.R.; Ekanayake, C.D.; Basith, F.D.A.; Wickramaratna, D.K.U.; Peries, E.E.; Antonythas, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wijesinghe, P.S.
    OBJECTIVES: Research in to lower urinary tract symptoms in South Asia is hampered by lack of validated tools. There fore ouraimwas to validate the International Consultation onIncontinencemodular questionnaire on female lower urinary tracts ymptoms (ICIQ-FLUTS) from English toTamil. METHODS: The ICIQ-FLUTS was translated to Tamil and a validation study was carried out among women attending the gynaecology clinic at district general hospital-Mannar. RESULTS: Content validity assessed by the level of missing data was less than 2%. Construct validity was assessed by the ability of the questionnaire to identify patients with incontinence (n=45) from controls (n=93) using the incontinence score (patients=7.7 SD=4.7, controls=1.4 SD=2.2, p<0.001) andthose with symptomatic anterior wall prolapse (n=16) fromcontrols (n=93) using the voiding symptoms score (patients=4.8SD=2.3, controls=0.3 SD=0.8, p<0.001). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’scoefficient alpha score (0.80 (0.77-0.81). Test–retest reliability assessed by weighted kappa (k) ranged from 0.73to0.87. Patients with incontinence (n=30, pre-treatment incontinence score=7.9, SD=4.9 versus post-treatment incontinence score=3.3, SD=3.1) and symptomatic anterior wall prolapse (n=14, pre-operative voiding symptoms score=4.9 SD=2.5 versus post-operative voiding symptoms score=0.9 SD=1.5) showed an improvement with treatment (Wilcoxon matched –pairs signedranktestp<0.001 and p<0.01 respectively). An incontinence score≥3 (sensitivity=86.7%, specificity=78.4%) and a voiding symptoms score≥3 (sensitivity=87.5%, specificity=96.2%) detected any form of incontinence and symptomatic anterior wall prolapse respectively.CONCLUSION: The Tamil translation of ICIQ-FLUTS has retained the psychometric properties of the original English questionnaire and will be an invaluable tool to elicit LUTS among Tamil speaking women.