title: Italian version of the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation.
abstract: An Italian version of the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire has been devised and its reliability and validity have been assessed in a cross-sectional study of 108 consecutive patients with upper extremity pathologies. A sub-sample of 30 patients was used to assess re-test reliability. The principal DASH scale showed a high correlation with other patient-oriented measures and demonstrated good reproducibility, consistency and validity, which were similar to those for other languages' versions of DASH. These findings suggest that the evaluation capacities of the Italian DASH are equivalent to those of other language versions of the DASH.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics Department, San Giacomo Hospital, Rome, Italy. rpadua@mclink.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romanini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanoli
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Amadio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campi
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012782:Shoulder; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires