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NCT Number: NCT03927092

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire

Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire (MSKQ) is a 25-item self administered questionnaire assessing a patient's level of knowledge regarding multiple sclerosis (MS). Turkish translation of the questionnaire was prepared and participants in the annual patient education seminar in the investigators' university hospital were asked to answer these questions before and after the seminar.Their results were analysed to assess their level of knowledge about their disease.

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Key information

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Demyelinating Diseases Immune System Diseases Nervous System Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Multiple sclerosis knowledge questionnaire was developed in Italy (1) and was reported to be useful in measuring patients' level of knowledge about their disease. The English version of the questionnaire was translated into Turkish by three physicians than back translated into English by two separate linguists. Initially 5 MS patients were asked to answer this first version of the questionnaire and report any difficulties in understanding the items. Their feedback was used to give the questionnaire its final shape. For the validation stage, patients that were diagnosed as having MS and who attended the annual MS patient education seminar were enrolled into the study. They answered the questions twice, before and after the seminar. Their answers were analysed to measure their level of knowledge about their disease.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosed as having Multiple Sclerosis
  • Attends the annual patient education seminar at the investigators' university hospital
  • Older than 18 years of age
  • Can read and write

Exclusion criteria

  • Does not accept to answer the questionnaire
  • Unable to answer the questions due to a cognitive impairment

Treatment and study plan

Multiple Sclerosis Knowledge Questionnaire

Other

A 25-item self-administered questionnaire

Primary outcomes

  1. reliability of the questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 day

    Internal consistency was evaluated by the coefficient alpha (α) or Cronbach's coefficient, and if the Cronbach's coefficient value was greater than 0.7, it was considered as an acceptable internal consistency

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of correct answers

    Time frame: 1 day

    To assess the distribution of correct and false answers and the levels of significance, Chi-square test was used. To compare the two questionnaires answered by the same patient before and after the seminar Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ege University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 25, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 29, 2019

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