title: The short form endometriosis health profile (EHP-5): translation and validation study of the Iranian version.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endometriosis Health Profile (EHP-5) is a valid instrument to measure health-related quality of life in endometriosis. This study was conducted to culturally adapt and validate the EHP-5 in Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a standard "forward-backward' translation procedure, the English language version of the questionnaire was translated into Persian (Iranian language). Then a sample of 199 women aged 18-50 years completed the questionnaire. To test reliability the internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Validity was evaluated using known groups comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of respondents was 31.4 (SD = 5.4) years. Reliability analysis showed satisfactory result (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.71). The questionnaire discriminated well between sub-groups of women differing in infertility and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in the expected direction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This preliminary validation study of the Iranian version of the EHP-5 proved that it is an acceptable, reliable and valid measure of quality of life in endometriosis patients.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Group, Mother and Child Health Research Centre, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. montazeri@acecr.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Azita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goshtasebi
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nematollahzadeh
authors.forename: Fatemeh Zahra
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Hariri
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montazeri