Validation of a Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Walking Estimated-Limitation Calculated by History (WELCH)

Gabriel Grizzo Cucato; Marilia de Almeida Correia; Breno Quintella Farah; Glauco Fernandes Saes; Aluísio Henrique de Andrade Lima; Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias; Nelson Wolosker

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Validation of a Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Walking Estimated-Limitation Calculated by History (WELCH)

Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Marilia de Almeida Correia, Breno Quintella Farah, Glauco Fernandes Saes, Aluísio Henrique de Andrade Lima, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Nelson Wolosker

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Walking Estimated-Limitation Calculated by History (WELCH) questionnaire has been proposed to evaluate walking impairment in patients with intermittent claudication (IC), presenting satisfactory psychometric properties. However, a Brazilian Portuguese version of the questionnaire is unavailable, limiting its application in Brazilian patients.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the psychometric properties of a translated Brazilian Portuguese version of the WELCH in Brazilian patients with IC.

METHODS: Eighty-four patients with IC participated in the study. After translation and back-translation, carried out by two independent translators, the concurrent validity of the WELCH was analyzed by correlating the questionnaire scores with the walking capacity assessed with the Gardner treadmill test. To determine the reliability of the WELCH, internal consistency and test-retest reliability with a seven-day interval between the two questionnaire applications were calculated.

RESULTS: There were significant correlations between the WELCH score and the claudication onset distance (r = 0.64, p = 0.01) and total walking distance (r = 0.61, p = 0.01). The internal consistency was 0.84 and the intraclass correlation coefficient between questionnaire evaluations was 0.84. There were no differences in WELCH scores between the two questionnaire applications.

CONCLUSION: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the WELCH presents adequate validity and reliability indicators, which support its application to Brazilian patients with IC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-55
Number of pages	7
Journal	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Volume	106
Issue number	1
Early online date	8 Dec 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5935/abc.20160004
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aged
Ankle Brachial Index
Brazil
Disability Evaluation
Exercise Test/methods
Female
Humans
Intermittent Claudication/physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surveys and Questionnaires/standards
Translations
Walking/physiology

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