The Urinary Symptom Profile (USP) scale was translated into Chinese to evaluate its validity and reliability in postoperative patients with cauda equina syndrome (CES). After obtaining the consent of the original author, the translator-back-translation model was used to translate the original scale, and the cross-cultural adaptation and preliminary research was carried out. A convenience sampling method was used to select 136 patients with CES who had undergone surgery from two tertiary hospitals in Xi'an and Yantai cities for a questionnaire survey to evaluate its reliability and validity. The 10th item that did not meet the condition was deleted, and the Chinese version of the USP scale had 3 dimensions and 12 items. In the exploratory factor analysis, three common factors were extracted using the criterion that the eigenvalue was greater than 1, which was consistent with the dimensions of the original scale. The Cronbach's α coefficient for the scale was 0.876 and the retest reliability of the scale was 0.954. The correlation coefficients between the Chinese version of the USP scale and the male International Prostate Symptom Score and the female Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Score Scale were 0.889 and 0.874, respectively (both P < 0.001). The Chinese version of the USP scale has good reliability and validity and can effectively assess residual urinary symptoms in patients with CES after surgery.

Mengyuan Wen, Qiushi Wang, Xiaojuan Shi, Xiaolan Guo. Urinary Symptom Profile Scale Translated into Chinese and Tested for Validity and Reliability in Postoperative Patients with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 8: 36-42. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2024.060805.

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