Linguistic and Clinical Validation of the Arabic Version of Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACCS)

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Linguistic validity

  Each question in the translated Arabic version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score questionnaire should be clear, and the answer to the question should provide the desired piece of information. The acute cystitis symptom score questionnaire consists of four domains at the first visit. These domains ask about typical symptoms (6 questions), differential symptoms (4 questions), quality of life (3 questions), and additional information (5 questions). In addition to the aforementioned items, there is a dynamic domain (one question) that is only asked on the second visit.

  14 days

• Clinical reliability

  The linguistically validated, translated Arabic version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score questionnaire should be able to recognize patients with acceptable specificity and sensitivity. The sum of the "typical symptoms," "deferential symptoms," and "quality of life" domain scores can range from 0 to 18, 0 to 12, and 0 to 9, respectively. The lower score signifies less severity; the top score is the most severe grade for each domain. The "additional" domain consists of five "yes" or "no" questions designed to discover if there are any criteria that may exclude the diagnosis of uncomplicated cystitis or produce similar symptoms. The sum of the "typical symptoms" domain alone will be tested for its diagnostic reliability. In addition, the sum of both "typical symptoms" and "quality of life" domains is also to be tested for its diagnostic reliability.

  7 months