Saraiki Translation, Validity & Reliability of the Activities Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale Questionnaire

Saraiki Translation, Validity & Reliability of the Activities Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale Questionnaire in Older Adults

There is a need for a culturally adapted screening tool to aid health care professionals or clinicians screen for the presence of fall and balance issues associated with injuries in saraiki population. Furthermore, while culturally adapting the scale is necessary, it is important that changes do not alter the original intent, which requires it to be broad, comprehensible and applicable to the entire population. As saraiki language is the most-used language in the South Punjab, translating and adapting the ABC scale to the saraiki population while accounting for its sociocultural characteristics is an important task. So, I decided to conduct a tool translation and validation study. This study will help the clinicians to assess their patient's confidence and balance easily through the saraiki version of ABC scale in saraiki population and hence will help in timely management of the balance.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Old Age; Debility

Detailed Description

The ABC scale is a 16-item questionnaire with 11-point subscales that assess the level of confidence in performing a specific task without losing balance or becoming unsteady. Each item score ranges from 0% (no confidence) to 100% (total confidence).

As cross-border and cross-cultural studies continue to increase, there is a greater need for linguistic validation of tools across a variety of societies. Until now, no translation or adaptation of the ABC scale has been made for the population with different languages in Pakistan. In order to use questionnaires in areas with different languages and cultures, translation into new languages of ABC scale, for identifying fall and balance issues is required.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 32

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Punjab
    • Bahāwalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
      • Civil Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Older Adults

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to read saraiki language.
• Healthy older population
• People with controlled Diabetes mellitus
• People with controlled hypertension
• Older adults with BBS score 45-56.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unstable medical condition.
• Cognitive issues like not able to concentrate, can't perform the task attentively.
• Any physical disability like not able to walk and patient with vestibular disorders.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Saraiki version of Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale	The ABC scale is a 16-item questionnaire with 11-point subscales that assess the level of confidence in performing a specific task without losing balance or becoming unsteady. Each item score ranges from 0% (no confidence) to 100% (total confidence) and the total score of the S-ABC is obtained by adding up the ratings (0-160) and then dividing by 16	1 week
Twelve Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)	The 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) is a multipurpose, generic, 12-item questionnaire developed from the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36). The SF-12 generates a Physical Component Summary scale score (PCS-SF12) and a Mental Component Summary scale score (MCS-SF12). Several studies have reported its validity and reliability as a measure of health-related quality of life in different populations.	1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mirza Obaid Baig, MSPT(NMR), Riphah International University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 26, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 31, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 17, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 17, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): September 28, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 16, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 13, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: older adults; balance
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Frailty
• Other Study ID Numbers: REC01038 Farva Ikram

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No