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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Psychometric validation of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease Károly R Kulich*1, Peter Malfertheiner2, Ahmed Madisch3, Joachim Labenz4, Ekkehard Bayerdörffer5, Stephan Miehlke3, Jonas Carlsson1 and Ingela K Wiklund1 Address: 1Clinical Science, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Sweden, 2Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, 3Medical Department I, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 4Department of Medicine, Jung-Stilling Hospital, Siegen, Germany and 5Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Marburg, Marburg, Germany Email: Károly R Kulich* - ; Peter Malfertheiner - ;. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Psychometric validation of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale GSRS and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia QOLRAD questionnaire in patients with reflux disease Károly R Kulich 1 Peter Malfertheiner2 Ahmed Madisch3 Joachim Labenz4 Ekkehard Bayerdorffer5 Stephan Miehlke3 Jonas Carlsson1 and Ingela K Wiklund1 Address 1Clinical Science AstraZeneca R D Molndal Sweden 2Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Germany 3Medical Department I Technical University of Dresden Dresden Germany 4Department of Medicine Jung-Stilling Hospital Siegen Germany and 5Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital of Marburg Marburg Germany Email Károly R Kulich - Peter Malfertheiner - Ahmed Madisch - madisch@ Joachim Labenz - Ekkehard Bayerdorffer - bayerdoerffer@ Stephan Miehlke - miehlke@ Jonas Carlsson - Ingela K Wiklund - Corresponding author Published 28 October 2003 Received 12 September 2003 Accepted 28 October 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 62 r This article is available from http content l l 62 2003 Kulich et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Symptoms of heartburn has an impact on health-related quality of life HRQL . When a questionnaire is translated into a new language a linguistic validation is necessary but not sufficient unless the psychometric characteristics have been verified. The aim is to document the psychometric characteristics of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating .
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