title: [Validation of the Spanish version of the King's Health questionnaire for evaluating quality of life related to urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the validity of the Spanish version of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in patients with spinal cord injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study, including a total of 120 patients with spinal cord injury. The feasibility, cross-cultural validity, and internal consistency of the KHQ were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dimensions with the highest scores were: impact of urinary symptoms, personal relations, and physical limitations. The following groups presented a significantly poorer HRQoL: persons of advanced age in personal relations (P=0.042), women in limitations of daily life activities (P=0.009) and in the impact of urinary incontinence (P<0.01), paraplegic patients in personal relations, and patients with incomplete cord lesions in sleeping and energy (P<0.01). Patients with an external condom catheter presented a better HRQoL with significant differences in the dimension, limitations of daily life activities (P=0.04). The KHQ showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha 0.91).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KHQ is a valid instrument for evaluating HRQoL related with urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Fundación Althaia, Manresa, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romero-Cullerés
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Raya
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conejero-Sugrañes
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: González-Viejo
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012890:Sleep; D013030:Spain; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology