Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Turkish Version of Atroshi-Lyrén 6-item Symptoms Scale

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05970692

Enrollment

100

Registered

2023-08-01

Start date

2023-09-26

Completion date

2024-12-30

Last updated

2024-02-22

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Conditions

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Keywords

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Pain

Brief summary

This study aims to develop Turkish version of the Atroshi-Lyrén 6-item symptoms scale (A-L scale) and to perform validity and reliability evaluations.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Aged between 18-65 years old, * Had symptoms of numbness, tingling, weakness and pain in the hands for at least 1 month, * Assessed through provocation tests and physical examination to match the median nerve distribution.

Exclusion criteria

* Not willing to participate in the study, * Clinical or electrophysiological signs of proximal nerve compression, * Diabetes or other metabolic disease, * Rheumatoid arthritis or other general inflammatory diseases.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Atroshi-Lyrén 6-item symptoms scale	1 week	The A-L scale consists of 6 items that inquire about severity and frequency of night and daytime numbness and tingling and pain. For each patient the item responses are scored from 1 (best) to5 (worst) and then averaged for the 6 items to yield a total score (only 1 missing item response is allowed)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactTülay Çevik Saldıran, PhD

tcsaldiran@beu.edu.tr+90 (434) 222 83 32

Outcome results