Validation of the Bangla version of The Epworth Sleepiness Scale for Assessment of Daytime Sleepiness Author: Mahmood et al.
Author: Mahmood et al. Summary: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) indicates the presence of several morbidities which need to be addressed clinically. Assessing EDS is therefore essential and hence, a tool that could measure accurately. To date, the available tool in Bangla is not appropriate to evaluate our patients and is thus warranted. Therefore, this study is undertaken to develop a linguistically and culturally adapted, validated, and reliable Bangla version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). This will be a cross-sectional study conducted in the Basundhara Ad-din Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka. A total of 93 subjects aged more than 12
Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Bangla version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for Assessing Sleep Quality
Author: Mahmood et al. Summary: Poor sleep quality raises the morbidity burden of different diseases. To assess the quality of sleep is therefore essential and hence, a tool that could measure the problems is essential. To date, the available tool in Bangla is not appropriate to evaluate our patients and thus warranted. Therefore, this study is undertaken to develop a linguistically and culturally adapted, validated, and reliable Bangla version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). This will be a cross-sectional study conducted in the Basundhara Ad-din Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka. A total of 147 subjects aged more than
Thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability for suicide among university students of Bangladesh: Scales validation and status assessment
Author: Arafat et al. Summary: Identification of prior mental events of suicide attempts has immense importance in suicide prevention. However, it has not been studied in Bangladesh as there was no available psychometrically valid instrument measuring it. We aimed to test the psychometric properties of the interpersonal needs questionnaire (INQ-15) and acquired capability for suicide scale-fearlessness about death (ACSS-FAD) in Bangla along with the determination of the level of thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability for suicide. We collected data between 29 March and 14 April 2022 from 1,207 students of medical colleges and universities in Bangladesh by Google form.
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Bangla version of the Psoriasis Disability Index
Author: Nishat et al. Summary: The Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) is used for the quality-of-life assessment of psoriasis patients. However, a locally adapted Bangla version of the PDI (B-PDI) instrument is currently lacking in Bangladesh. To translate the instrument, adapt, and validate it among psoriatic patients of the country was the objective of the study. Translation, adaptation, and back-to-back translation to Bangla were made from the original English PDI. The final Bangla instrument was applied among 83 psoriasis patients twice at 10-day intervals. The psychometric property of the instrument was evaluated. Item-level content-validity index (CVI) was used to check the