Reliability and Validity of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale

Reliability and Validity of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale Among the Turkish Population With Spinal Cord Injury

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05935943

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-07

Start date

2022-05-31

Completion date

2023-06-16

Last updated

2023-07-07

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Conditions

Reliability, Spinal Cord Injuries, Validity

Brief summary

People living with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience a range of secondary health conditions that impact their quality of lives. The Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale (SCI-SCS) is a 16-item questionnaire that assess secondary health conditions in persons with SCI. The total score of SCI-SCS range from 0 to 48 and is derived by adding the scores for each item. Higher scores indicate greater problems with secondary conditions. The investigators aimed to determine the reliability and cross-cultural validation of the Turkish translation of the SCI-SCS.

Detailed description

After translation and back translation of the SCI-SCS, 93 patients between the ages of 18 and 78 years with SCI, American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale grades from A to D and at least 6 months after injury were assessed. Participants rated the SCI-SCS 2-3 day apart, and test-retest agreement was investigated. Factor analysis was done and convergent validity was investigated by correlating the SCI-SCS with the Spinal Cord Injury Spasticity Evaluation Tool (SCI-SET), Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC), 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Spinal Cord Independence Measure III (SCIM-III).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients between the ages of 18 and 80 years with SCI, American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale grades from A to D and at least 6 months after injury. Those who volunteered to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with SCI for less than 6 months * Patients with impaired cognitive functions, * Patients with other neurological diseases, * Patients with malignancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Reliability of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale	1 year	Participants rated the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale (SCI-SCS) 2-3 day apart, and test-retest agreement was investigated for the reliability.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Validity of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale	1year	Factor analysis was done and convergent validity was investigated by correlating the SCI-SCS with the Spinal Cord Injury Spasticity Evaluation Tool (SCI-SET), Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC), 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Spinal Cord Independence Measure III (SCIM-III).

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results