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カワモト キヨウコ
Kawamoto Kiyouko
川本 恭子 所属 医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院） 職種 助教 |
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| 論文種別 | 原著 |
| 言語種別 | 英語 |
| 査読の有無 | 査読あり |
| 表題 | The Japanese version of Skindex-16: a brief quality-of-life measure for patients with skin diseases. |
| 掲載誌名 | 正式名：The Journal of dermatology 略 称：J Dermatol ISSNコード：(0385-2407)0385-2407(Linking) |
| 掲載区分 | 国外 |
| 巻・号・頁 | 29(11),pp.693-8 |
| 著者・共著者 | Higaki Yuko, Kawamoto Kyoko, Kamo Toshiko, Horikawa Naoshi, Kawashima Makoto, Chren Mary-Margaret |
| 担当区分 | 2nd著者 |
| 発行年月 | 2002/11 |
| 概要 | A practical quality-of-life measure applicable to patients with skin diseases is necessary. Recently developed dermatological quality-of-life measures must be translated and adapted for use in cultures other than the ones in which they were created. In this study, we translated and adapted culturally into Japanese a skin-disease-specific, brief quality-of-life measure, Skindex-16, and studied its reliability and validity. Forward-and back-translations of Skindex-16 were carried out. Six doubtful items as well as the term "skin condition" required a second forward- and back-translation to reach satisfactory agreement with the original instrument. Cross-cultural adaptation and cross-sectional questionnaire studies were then performed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the instrument. One hundred patients and 30 healthy adults responded to the Japanese version. The internal-consistency reliability of the final Japanese version of Skindex-16 was high (range of Cronbach's alpha for each scale, symptoms, emotions, and functioning, was 0.83-0.92). The Japanese version showed construct and content validity. As hypothesized, scores for dermatological patients were higher than those for healthy persons (mean global scores 36 +/- 23 vs 1 +/- 2, p < 0.001) and scores for patients with inflammatory diseases were higher than those for patients with isolated skin lesions (mean global scores 48 +/- 21 vs 22 +/- 17, p < 0.001), indicating a poorer quality of life. Most patients' responses to an open-ended question about their skin disease were similar to those of the American responders and were addressed according to the items. In conclusion, we have developed a semantically equivalent translation of Skindex-16 into Japanese. It is a reliable and valid measure of the effects of skin disease on the quality of life in Japanese patients. |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00205.x |
| PMID | 12484430 |