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Harmonized Italian version of the Aging Males' Symptoms scale
- Source :
- The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male. 8(3-4)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The interest in clinical investigations in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of aging men has increased over recent years, particularly in the context of partial androgen deficiency. The aim of this paper is to inform the scientific community about a harmonized Italian Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale.There were two slightly different Italian AMS scales, which both underwent an up-to-date linguisticcultural translation process, i.e., were both valid to be applied in clinical research. However, there are potential long-term problems associated with having two Italian language versions of the scale in the same country. Therefore, an ad hoc committee of key persons related to both versions met with the scale's developer, to create a harmonized single Italian AMS.The harmonization meeting came up with a consensus item-by-item and the new Italian reference scale was agreed upon. It was decided that this scale should be published to avoid any confusion among future users.The Italian AMS scale published in this paper should be used for future clinical and other research.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Male
Aging
Consensus
Psychometrics
Italian language
Context (language use)
Harmonization
Cultural translation
Quality of life (healthcare)
Italy
Scale (social sciences)
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Androgens
Quality of Life
Humans
Testosterone
Geriatrics and Gerontology
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Geriatric Assessment
Confusion
Aged
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13685538
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f686718a6053f35d3f84cfaff8cee9ee