The aging males' symptoms scale for Japanese men: reliability and applicability of the Japanese version.
We aimed to confirm the reliability of the Japanese version of the Aging Males' Symptoms rating scale (JPN-AMS) and its applicability in patients with testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS)-like symptoms, comparing it for young, middle-aged and elderly Japanese men. The study included 93 patients with TDS-like symptoms, 39 men younger than 30 years old, and 125 normal men 40 years old and older, who agreed to respond to a self-administered questionnaire using the JPN-AMS. Testing-retesting was done to confirm the reliability of the questionnaire, with a 2-week interval between tests. The total AMS score and three domain scores were clearly higher in patients with TDS-like symptoms than in young men and in normal males, respectively. The test-retest analysis showed good reliability and internal consistency for the JPN-AMS. The JPN-AMS can be reliably used for measuring health-related quality of life of aging Japanese males.
Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. kou@sapmed.ac.jp
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Kobayashi
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Hashimoto
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Kato
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Tanaka
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Hirose
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Masumori
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Itoh
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Mori
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Tsukamoto
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013739:Testosterone / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
D013739:Testosterone