title: Validation of the Spanish version of the Urogenital Distress Inventory short form and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire short form for women between the ages of 18 and 65.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the reliability of the Spanish version of the Urogenital Distress Inventory short form (UDI-6) and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire short form (IIQ-7) questionnaires for assessing the presence of urinary incontinence, the degree of impairment and the impact on quality of life for Spanish women between the ages of 18 and 65.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 150 women were enrolled throughout Spain and were administered the UDI-6 and IIQ-7 questionnaires in 2 registries performed with a 15-day interval. The ICIQ-short form, in its Spanish version, was used as the gold standard.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the reliability analysis of the UDI-6, an internal consistency of 0.973 and an intraclass correlation of 0.974 were achieved, with a 95% CI between 0.964 and 0.981. For the IIQ-7, the internal consistency was 0.984 and the intraclass correlation was 0.985, with a 95% CI between 0.985 and 0.977. For both questionnaires, the kappa values for each item ranged from 0.717 to 0.876.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Spanish version of the UDI-6 and IIQ-7 questionnaires reliably and consistently assess the urogenital symptoms and their impact on the quality of life of Spanish women between 18 and 65 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sabadell, España. Electronic address: karybj@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouallalene-Jaramillo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sabadell, España.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bagur-Calafat
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sabadell, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girabent-Farrés
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013030:Spain; D014549:Urinary Incontinence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Calidad de vida; Fiabilidad; Incontinence Impact Questionnaire short form; Incontinencia de orina; Quality of life; Reliability; Síntomas urogenitales; Urine incontinence; Urogenital Distress Inventory short form; Urogenital symptoms