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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2024;46:e-rbgo16
Dysmenorrhea is the pain related to menstruation; to screen for the symptoms, a working ability, location, intensity of days of pain, and dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score was created. The purpose of this work was to culturally adapt and assess the measurement properties of the WaLIDD score for dysmenorrhea in Brazilian women.
In this cross-sectional online study, we evaluated women with and without dysmenorrhea. Criterion validity and construct validity were assessed, respectively, by the Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve and correlations with the bodily pain and social functioning domains of medical outcomes study 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36), self-report of absenteeism and Stanford Presenteeism Scale for presenteeism. Test-retest reliability and measurement errors were assessed, respectively, by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland and Altman Graph.
430 women completed the test, 238 (55.4%) women had dysmenorrhea, and 199 (46.3%) answered the questionnaire twice for the retest. The cutoff points ≥4, ≥5, and ≥5 could discriminate between women with and without dysmenorrhea, absenteeism, and presenteeism related to dysmenorrhea, respectively. Correlations between SF-36 – pain and social functioning domains and WaLIDD score were weak to strong and negative. For WaLIDD total Score, ICC was 0.95 and the limits of agreement were −1.54 and 1.62.
WaLIDD score is a short, valid and reliable instrument to screen and predict dysmenorrhea and could predict absenteeism and presenteeism related to dysmenorrhea in Brazilian women.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2011;33(7):164-169
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032011000700008
PURPOSE: to analyze the gait propulsion force and relate it to changes in the dimensions of the feet and to the influence on the quality of life of pregnant women. METHODS: two groups were studied, a control (C) one consisting of 20 non-pregnant women and a group of 13 pregnant women investigated during the three gestational trimesters (Gfirst, Gsecond, Gthird). The groups were subjected to an initial assessment; evaluation of gait propulsion force using the force platform (Bertec); measurement of foot length and width; assessment of perimetry by the figure eight method; and assessment of quality of life using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref (Whoqol-bref). The Mann-Whitney test was used to evaluate differences between group C and Gfirst, the Friedman test was used to determine differences between Gfirst, Gsecond and Gthird, and the Wilcoxon test was applied to significant cases. The level of significance was set at 5%. RESULTS: There was an increase in body mass (10.5 kg) and ankle edema (2.4 cm) during pregnancy. There was a decrease of gait propulsion force (10% of body mass) and an increase of mediolateral sway (10% of body mass) compared to Control Group. There was a reduced quality of life among pregnnat women, especially in the physical domain. CONCLUSIONS: Gait disorders occur during pregnancy, which can increase the risk of falls and musculoskeletal discomfort, which may affect the quality of life of pregnant wome
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2011;33(4):182-187
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032011000400006
PURPOSE: to translate into Portuguese, culturally adapt and validate the Incontinence Severity Index (ISI) questionnaire. METHODS: two Brazilian translators carried out the translation of the ISI into Portuguese and a version was generated by consensus. This version was back-translated by two other native English speaking translators. The differences between versions were resolved and the version was pre-tested in a pilot study. One week later, the ISI was reapplied to complete the retest. The final version of the ISI was applied together with the one-hour pad test to women with stress urinary incontinence. For the validation of the ISI, the reliability (internal consistency and test-retest) and the construct were evaluated. RESULTS: the reliability of the instrument was tested using the Cronbach α coefficient, with a general result of 0.93, demonstrating excellent reliability and consistency of the instrument. The intraclass correlation coefficient and the standard errors of measurement were 0.96 and 0.43, respectively. The Pearson correlation revealed a strong positive correlation (r=0.72, p<0.0001) between the results of the ISI questionnaire and the one-hour pad test. CONCLUSION: the culturally adapted version of the ISI translated into Brazilian Portuguese presented satisfactory reliability and survey validity and was considered to be valid for the evaluation of the severity of urinary incontinence.