Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
| [b] Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
| [c] Department of Neurology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Hilal Yesil, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Hastanesi Ali Çetinkaya, Kampusü Dörtyol mah. 2070, sok. No. 3/4, Afyon, Turkey. E-mail: dradanur@yahoo.com.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) is one of the most frequently encountered problems in stroke. OBJECTİVE:To assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS) in stroke patients with LUTD. METHODS:A total of 50 patients were included in the study. The reliability was assessed using Cronbach α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) methods, and the validity using the correlations between the subgroup and overall scores of DAN-PSS and the scores of the Barthel Index (BI), International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF), and Short Form 36 (SF-36). RESULTS:The Cronbach α values were found >0.97 and ICC 0.953-0.990 for all subgroup scores. We found a significant negative correlation between all the sub-scores of DAN-PSS and the BI, and a significant positive correlation between all the sub-scores of DAN-PSS and ICIQ-SF (p < 0.05). The symptom score of DAN-PSS had a significant negative correlation with the physical functioning, physical and emotional role subdomains of the SF-36 survey (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:We have shown the reliability and validity of the Turkish DAN-PSS, and we think that it will be useful to utilize it in the monitoring of patients with stroke and in clinical studies.
