Pituitary & hypothalamus

The acromegaly treatment satisfaction questionnaire (Acro-TSQ): turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study

PituitaryPublished Validation study

Authors' conclusion

The Acro-TSQ, a patient-reported outcome tool, shows good internal consistency, and good reliability, suggesting it is an appropriate assessment tool for patients with acromegaly in the Turkish population.

Study context

Population
Patients with acromegaly currently receiving SSA injection therapy
Participants
136 patients
Outcome
Internal consistency, content validity, construct validity and reliability of the Turkish Acro-TSQ
Methodological detailstranslation and back-translation, face-to-face interviews
  • Translation and back-translation
  • Face-to-face interviews

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Validity and reliability of Turkish Acro-TSQ

Six-factor structure; total variance explained

77.2%

Cronbach's alpha (high internal consistency)

0.870

Factor loads of all items

0.567–0.958

Original publication

The acromegaly treatment satisfaction questionnaire (Acro-TSQ): turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study. Pituitary. Published 9 June 2023. doi:10.1007/s11102-023-01323-6

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