title: [Adaptation and validation in the French language of the International Score of Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy].
abstract: The International Prostate Symptom Score, which was proposed during the First Consultation on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in June 1991, was culturally adapted and linguistically validated in French. In a first step, the English version, adapted from the questionnaire developed by the American Urological Association, was translated into French. In a second step, the French version was submitted to a multidisciplinary group who made linguistic improvements. In a third step, the refined version was tested in 30 persons and amended. Finally, the questionnaire was submitted to a linguistic validation study in a representative sample of 100 men aged 65 to 80. The use of this index will allow standardized measurements of urinary symptoms status in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
authors.affiliation: European Institute of Oncology, Paris.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sagnier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Botto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Teillac
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003469:Culture; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis