title: The concurrent validity of the Amharic version of Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) in persons affected by leprosy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Leprosy is endemic in many countries and results in activity limitations. There is a need for assessment tools to guide professionals in their evaluation and choice of intervention in order to improve conditions for leprosy-affected people. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Amharic version of Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA-am) scale with Amharic version of Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH-am) questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight individuals with nerve damage due to leprosy completed the SALSA-am and DASH-am questionnaires. Spearman's rank correlation was used to determine relationships between SALSA and DASH scores. Specificity, sensitivity and accuracy were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a good correlation 0.87 (P < 0.001) between SALSA-am and DASH-am scores. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were calculated with acceptable results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SALSA-am is considered a useful questionnaire for determining activity limitations in persons affected by leprosy, and showed good correlation with DASH-am. The concurrent validity was considered good.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulrika
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wijk
authors.forename: J Wim
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brandsma
authors.forename: Orjan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dahlström
authors.forename: Mathilda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Björk
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012449:Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult