Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3104896 | Burns | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Itching is one of the most frequent symptoms, and most resistant to treatment, relating to scar formation after burns. The Leuven Itch Scale is a questionnaire which has been validated for use in burns, analysing different clinical dimensions of pruritus. However, until now there was no Spanish version available for use with Spanish-speaking patients.This article presents the process of the academic translation of the questionnaire in order to obtain a Spanish version, and the final version of the questionnaire. We followed a translation/back-translation methodology with a final pilot test on a sample of burn patients. The final result fills a major gap in the quality-of-life questionnaires available in Spanish.
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Authors
Valentín Yuste, Alberto Agulló, Murilo Silva, Julio Delgado, Fernando Albiñana, Enrique Monclús,