Reliability and Validity of Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey, Korean Version

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• Background: The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS) is a self-administered questionnaire developed in the United States to evaluate the severity of the common cold and its reliability has been validated. We developed a Korean language version of this questionnaire by using a sequential forward and backward translation approach. The purpose of this study was to validate the Korean version of the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-K) in Korean patients with common cold.Methods: This multicenter prospective study enrolled 107 participants who were diagnosed with common cold and consented to participate in the study. The WURSS-K includes 1 global illness severity item, 32 symptom-based items, 10 functional quality-of-life (QOL) items, and 1 item assessing global change. The SF-8 was used as an external comparator.Results: The participants were 54 women and 53 men aged 18 to 42 years. The WURSS-K showed good reliability in 10 domains, with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.67 to 0.96 (mean: 0.84). Comparison of the reliability coefficients of the WURSS-K and WURSS yielded a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.71 (P = 0.02). Validity of the WURSS-K was evaluated by comparing it with the SF-8, which yielded a Pearson correlation coefficient of −0.267 (P < 0.001). The Guyatt’s responsiveness index of the WURSS-K ranged from 0.13 to 0.46, and the correlation coefficient with the WURSS was 0.534 (P < 0.001), indicating that there was close correlation between the WURSS-K and WURSS.Conclusions: The WURSS-K is a reliable, valid, and responsive disease-specific questionnaire for assessing symptoms and QOL in Korean patients with common cold.

• 日本疫学会の論文
• 2011-09-01

著者

• Park Yang-chun

  Department Of Internal Medicine Oriental Medical College Of Daejeon University

• YANG Su-Young

  Department of Internal Medicine, Oriental Medical College of Daejeon University

• KANG Weechang

  Department of Business and Information Statistics, Economics College of Daejeon University

• YEO Yoon

  College of Pharmacy, Purdue University

• Yeo Yoon

  College Of Pharmacy Purdue University

• Yang Su-young

  Department Of Internal Medicine Oriental Medical College Of Daejeon University

• Kang Weechang

  Department Of Business And Information Statistics Economics College Of Daejeon University

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