Development and validation of the diabetes bowel symptom questionnaire

Carolyn Quan; N J Talley; S Cross; Mike Jones; Johann Hammer; Natalie L. Giles; Michael Horowitz

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01553.x

Development and validation of the diabetes bowel symptom questionnaire

Carolyn Quan, N J Talley, S Cross, Mike Jones, Johann Hammer, Natalie L. Giles, Michael Horowitz

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although gastrointestinal symptoms occur frequently, there is no validated measure of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus.

AIM: To develop the Diabetes Bowel Symptom Questionnaire.

METHODS: A questionnaire derived from previously validated symptom measures was compiled to assess all relevant gastrointestinal and diabetes items. Face and content validity were ascertained by expert review. One hundred and sixty-eight patients with diabetes mellitus completed the instrument, and reliability was evaluated by a test-re-test procedure 1 week later. Concurrent validity was evaluated by an independent physician interview (n = 33). Measures of glycaemic control (glycated haemoglobin and plasma glucose) were compared with self-reported glycaemic control on a five-point Likert scale in diabetic out-patients (n = 166).

RESULTS: The questionnaire had adequate face and content validity. There was good to excellent test-re-test reliability for the gastrointestinal and diabetes items (median kappa: 0.63 and 0.79, respectively); concurrent validity was good to excellent (median kappa: 0.47 and 0.65, respectively), except for the items assessing the severity of gastrointestinal symptoms. Both glycated haemoglobin (P < 0.0001) and plasma glucose (P = 0.005) correlated significantly with self-reported glycaemic control.

CONCLUSION: The Diabetes Bowel Symptom Questionnaire appears to be a useful measure of gastrointestinal symptoms and glycaemic control in diabetes mellitus, and should have applicability in epidemiological and clinical studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1179-1187
Number of pages	9
Journal	Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01553.x
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Diabetes Complications
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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