NCT05549999

Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Turkish Version of North Star Ambulatory Assessment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 86 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 4 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to translate the "North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA)" scale into Turkish and make its cultural adaptation and to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version in patients with ambulatory DMD. For the translation into Turkish, validity and reliability of the NSAA, necessary permission was obtained from the developer of the questionnaire, Prof. Dr. Francesco Muntoni, via e-mail. In the study, first of all, the translation and cultural adaptation process will be completed, and then reliability-validity studies will be carried out.

Conditions

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Ambulation Difficulty
• Ambulation Disorder, Neurologic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	North Star Ambulatory Assessment	North Star Ambulatory Assessment is an ambulatory assessment developed specifically for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-03-25
• Completion: 2023-05-25
• First posted: 2022-09-22
• Last updated: 2023-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)