German validation of the BIDQ-S questionnaire on body image disturbance in idiopathic scoliosis.

Mark Wetterkamp Meinald T ThielschGeorg GoshegerPatrick BoertzJan Henrik TerheydenTobias L Schulte

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2016)

The G-BIDQ-S showed good internal consistency, reliability, and convergent, divergent, concurrent, and discriminant validity. This questionnaire is the first one inquiring into patients' body image disturbances that has been validated and is available in German.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
patient reported
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
cross sectional
psychometric properties
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy