Linguistic validation of incontinence severity index (ISI) questionnaire in Bengali Language
Joint Authors
Nipa, Shamima Islam
Sriboonreung, Thanyaluck
Paungmali, Aatit
Phongnarisorn, Chailert
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 4 (30 Apr. 2020), pp.39-45, 7 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2020-04-30
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The objective of the study was to conduct a linguistic validation of the Incontinence Severity Index (ISI) questionnaire for Bengali language to capture the concepts of the original English-language version of the questionnaire and to examine if it is readily understood by the women with urinary incontinence.
This study adopted cross sectional pilot study design between the October, 2019 to February, 2020 at Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Bangladesh.
This study recruited twenty (20) native-Bengali speaking residence of Bangladesh who reported urinary incontinence.
The respondents were selected purposively for this study.
The mean age of the respondents was 43.95; sd±11.23.
The Bengali-ISI questionnaire is conceptual and culturally adaptive to answer the two consequent items of the questionnaire.
The results of the study suggested that the Bengali-ISI questionnaire captured the concepts of the original English version of the questionnaire.
The Bengali-ISI was apparently understandable and recognized as an integral data collection material to measure the severity of the urinary incontinence among the Bangladeshi community women.
However, further study would conduct to determine the psychometric properties of the Bengali-ISI questionnaire to measure the severity of urinary incontinence in the context of Bangladesh.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nipa, Shamima Islam& Sriboonreung, Thanyaluck& Paungmali, Aatit& Phongnarisorn, Chailert. 2020. Linguistic validation of incontinence severity index (ISI) questionnaire in Bengali Language. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 3, no. 4, pp.39-45.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nipa, Shamima Islam…[et al.]. Linguistic validation of incontinence severity index (ISI) questionnaire in Bengali Language. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 3, no. 4 (2020), pp.39-45.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nipa, Shamima Islam& Sriboonreung, Thanyaluck& Paungmali, Aatit& Phongnarisorn, Chailert. Linguistic validation of incontinence severity index (ISI) questionnaire in Bengali Language. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp.39-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1497458
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendix : p. 44-45
Record ID
BIM-1497458