title: Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) translation and linguistic validation to classical Arabic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To translate and linguistically validate in classical Arabic; the French version of the neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Arabic translation of the NBD score was obtained by the "forward translation/backword translation" method. Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury were included. Evaluation of intestinal and anorectal disorders was conducted by the self-administered questionnaire NBD, which was filled twice two weeks apart. An item-by-item analysis was made. The feasibility, acceptability, internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha, and test-retest repeatability by non-parametric Spearman correlation were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three patients with colorectal disorders secondary to neurological disease were included, the average age was 40.79±9.16years and the sex-ratio was 1.85. The questionnaire was feasible and acceptable, no items were excluded. The spearman correlation was of 0.842. Internal consistency was judged good through the Cronbach's alpha was of 0.896.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Arabic version of NBD was reproducible and construct validity was satisfactory. The study of its responsiveness to change with a larger number of patients will be the subject of further work.
  
  
  METHODS
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authors.affiliation: Service de médecine physique, rééducation et réadaptation fonctionnelle, CHU Habib Bourguiba, route L'Ain Km 1.5, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia; Unité de recherche de l'évaluation des pathologies de l'appareil locomoteur UR12ES18, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mallek
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine physique, rééducation et réadaptation fonctionnelle, CHU Habib Bourguiba, route L'Ain Km 1.5, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia; Unité de recherche de l'évaluation des pathologies de l'appareil locomoteur UR12ES18, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia. Electronic address: habib.eleuch@rns.tn.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Elleuch
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine physique, rééducation et réadaptation fonctionnelle, CHU Habib Bourguiba, route L'Ain Km 1.5, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia; Unité de recherche de l'évaluation des pathologies de l'appareil locomoteur UR12ES18, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghroubi
mesh_terms: D004534:Egypt; D008037:Linguistics; D009018:Morocco; D055496:Neurogenic Bowel; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014416:Tunisia
keywords: Anorectal; Evaluation; Neurological patient; Patient neurologique; Questionnaire; Traduction; Translation; Évaluation